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macnla viridi notalis, corolla 5-dentata. F. Mncll. 1. c. 

 n. 55. 



In virgnltis deserti propc Cndnaka. Arkaba. Octob. 



Similis C. Hucgclii A. Gray (C. pusilla Stectz) conve- 

 nit involncri sqnamis 6, differt autcni spicis aureis, capitulls 

 bifloris et iiivolucri sqnamis exterioribns non viridi - macnla- 

 tis. (Comparavi spcc. Hnegeliana, Preissiana et Drumnicn- 

 diaua.) 



C. Drummondi As. Gr. et C. unijlora Turczan. Bullet. 

 Mose. XX. p, 25. (C. myosuroides A. Gray 1. c.) a pracce- 

 dciilibus facilc involucri sqnamis 2, nee 6 distingnnntnr. 



Trieb antbo d ium Sond. et Mnell. 

 Capilnla nniflora bomogama, sqnamis pancis acqnilongis 

 coneavis oblongis aentis scariosis apice citrinis inclnsa paleis- 

 qne linearibns scariosis sejnncta, in glomernltim sphaerienm 

 aggregata. Involncrnm generale glomernlo brevins, extns 

 lanatum, pluriseriale , foliolis exteriorilms herbaeeis, caeteris 

 scariosis, oinnibns linearibns, appendicnla brevi acuniinata 

 anrea auetis. Receptacnlnm convexnm, pilosissimum et pa- 

 leacenm, piiis rigidis persistentibns , paleis linearibns scario- 

 sis, infra appendicnlam citrinain lana intricata connexis, cum 

 floribns deeidnis. Flores hcrinaphrodili. Corolla tnbnloso- 

 infundibnliformis, glabra, 5-dentata, dentibns patulis aentis. 

 Antherae apice snbprodnctae, basi bicandatae. Styli rami triin- 

 cati, barbellali. Achacninm enneatnm glabrnm, pellicnla dia- 

 pbana, laxe celltilosa, mucilaginosa cinetnm. Pappns palca- 

 cens cylindricns, corollam dimidiam Irre aeqnans, denticnla- 

 tns vel snblobatns, mox deeiduns, compressione facile in la- 

 cinias plnres secedens. — Herba annna 1 /, 1 — 1-pedalis albo- 

 lanata mnlticanlis, canlibus erectis simplicibns vel basi ramo- 

 sis ad apicem nsque foliatis glomernlo spbaeroideo (4 Uli. lato) 



