236 S. O. F. OMANG. 



H. charactophyllum n. f. 



C a u 1 i s 5-8 dm. alius crassiusculus — crassus, dense 

 foilosLis, inferne purpureo-violaceus, summo apice leviter stellatus 

 pilis basi nigra glandulisque raris obsitus, ceterurn ubique nudus 

 et subglaber vel praecipue medio sparsim villosus. Folia ri- 

 gidiuscula obscure vel sat dilute viridia, subtus pallide glauce- 

 scentia dense et conspieue reticulata, supremis exceptis subtus 

 leviter stellatis utrinque nuda, supra glabra vel inferiora — prae- 

 sertim basalia — sparsim pilosa, marginibus dense et brevissime 

 ciliata, inferiora subtus densiuscule — - sparsim in costa dense — 

 confertim pilosa, superiora fere tantum in costa pilosa; f. basalia 

 florendi tempore rare persistentia, dense congesta, vulgo + emar- 

 cida et distantia, oblonga obtusa obtuse dentata vel subintegra, 

 in petiolum breviorem vel longum alatum sensim attenuata; 

 f. c a u 1 i n a 16 — 22, inferiora oblongo-vel elliptico-lanceolata ob- 

 tusa vel acuminata remote et obtuse dentata, in partem basalem 

 late alatam semiamplectentem sensim angustata, intermedia 

 ovato- vel subrhomboideo-lanceolata breviter vel longius acumi- 

 nata — acuta sat dense serrato-dentata basi late auriculato- 

 amplectentia, superiora breviora in bracteas sensim decrescentia 

 triangulari-ovata acuta minute denticulata basi + cordata. A n- 

 t h e 1 a poly-cephala + composita racemoso- vel paniculato- 

 corymbosa ± indeterminata sursum contracta, ramis sat gracilibus 

 subrectis vel arcuatis erecto-patentibus — sat patentibus acladium 

 6 — 20 mm. altum parum superantibus + floccosis pilis basi 

 nigra ., glandulisque sparsim obsitis; pedicelli acladiumque dense 

 cano-floccosi glandulis inaequilongis nigris densiusculis puisque 

 solitariis vestiti. I n v o 1 u c r a mediocria atro-virentia leviter 

 canescentia crassiuscula basi subtruncala — truncata. Squamae 

 latiusculae rotundato-obtusae, exteriores lineari-triangulares — 

 triangulares, ceterae superne attenuatae, interiores late et sordide 

 viridimarginatae, floccis sparsis, in marginibus densioribus, glan- 

 dulis nigris, pro parte longiusculis, densiusculis et pilis basi longa 



