37.3 



Specimina plura a cl. Lichtenstein, Maire et Mundt 

 leeta vidi. 



Huniillimus, di- s. trichotomus facie Polychaetiae 



relhanidides vel Pteroniae, ramis abbreviatis, adultis epider- 

 mide fusco - cinerea , rimosa tectis, junioribus dense foliatis, 

 obsolelissime tomentosis. Folia membranacea, obovato-li- 

 nearia, integerrima, villoso-tomentosa, supra planiuscula s. 

 parum conduplicato-concava, subtus carinala, 2 — 6'" longa, 

 in apicibus raniulorum densissime adgregata, delapsa vestigia 

 triangularia squamaeformia relinquenlia. Capitula prorsus 

 eadem ac in Polychaclia, vix parum majora foiiisque sum- 

 mis longiora. I n v o 1 u c r u m campanulato - c) lindraceum, 

 arcte imbricatum, foliolis obtusissimis, nitidis, stramineis, 

 eciliatis, ex rotundis, parvis, scariosis, tantum basi uninerviis, 

 per elliptica in subspathulato-linearia, 3 //; longa, superne 

 longissime scariosa. Ovaria glabra, basi ima pilosiuscula. 



2. Nestlera % biennis Jacq. 1. c. [Stephanopappus 

 rcflcxus Linnaea 1. c! Relhania reflexa Thhrg. cap. 640!) 



Foliolis exterioribus longe acuminatis. 



Thunbcrg in arenosis juxla Picketberge Octbr. (v. sp. 

 plura in hrb. Thbrg.) 



Radix flbrosa. Caulis frutesccns, rigidus, erectus, 

 purpurascens, simplicissimus — ramosissimus, ramis subfasti- 

 giatis, subangulatis, erecto-pateniibus, \ — 1-pedalis, magis 

 ininusve tenuiler. floccoso-tomentosus, purpurascens. Folia 

 plana, carnosula, decurrentia, alis autem angustissimis, di- 

 vergentibus folioque ipso brevioribus, magis minusve tenuiler 

 tomentosa, linearia, obtusa, 4 — 6'" longa, \ "' Iata, integer- 

 rima aut minute denticulata, erecto-patentia, magis minusve 

 adproximata. Capitula lutea, bieviter radiata, foliis sum- 

 niis parum longiora. Involucrum cylindraceum, radio ipso 

 parum longius, foliolis subintegcrrimis ; ex semilanceolatis, 

 longe curvilineo-acuminatis, extus obsokte tenuiter tomen- 

 tosis in linearia, 5 //y longa, plana, apice Ljngo, scarioso pa- 

 tentia, acuta aut obtusa. Pappus albus, achaenio sextuplo 

 brevior, irregulariter crenato-incisus aut aequalis aut intus 

 excisus atque subdimidiatus. Acliaenia linearia, sulcata, 

 glaberrima, 3 /;/ longa, erostria, 4-angulata, coniormia. 



