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vius, polyphyllum, laxe imbricatum, pauci (1 — 2)-se 

 rialc, foliolis planis, interioribus longioribus. — Ilerbae 

 aut fmlices erecti, Americam meridionalem aut Indiam 

 occidentalem habitantes, foliis altcrnis, pennlnerviis, mem- 

 branacels, exslipulalis. 



1. T. striata * (Onoseris stricta Sprg. syst. v. 3. 

 p. 503!) Herba, caule simplici, superne foliis nonnisi ini 

 nutis, remotis obsilo, foliis inlegcrrlmis, involucrl foliolis 

 interioribus acuminalis. 



Radix annua (?), pl. horlzontalls, subfusiformls , sub- 

 simplex, pennae corvinae vix crassiludine. Caulis teres, 

 striatus, strictus, pedalls et parum ultra, pilosus — magis 

 minusve vlllosus, basl infima folia sie dicta radicalia con- 

 ferta, caeterum nonnisi pauca, parva et rcmota protrudens, 

 pl. simplicissimus , rarius simplex, superne 2 aut 3-fidus, 

 ramique alterni^ capitula plus quam triplo superantes ca- 

 pitulis singulis, in siccis circiter 15'^' altis tolidemque la- 

 lis, aeque magnis ac in Arnica montana, terminantur. 

 Folia integerrlma , scabra, sessilia, infima conferla, relicu- 

 lato-venosa, nervo primario subtus convexo, supra piano, 

 subrotundo - obovata s. spalbulato - obovata , obtusissima, 

 supra glabra, subtus pallidiora, glabra s. praeeipue ad ner- 

 vös pilosa, 6"' — 2" lala, 1\ — 2" longa, reliqua sparsa 

 remota, lineari - elliptica , obtusa aut acuta, summa squa- 

 maeformia, semi-lanceolata, acuminata, circiter ^^' longa 

 et 1"' lala, villosa. Involucrura late campanulalo -hemi- 

 sphaericum, subbiseriale , foliolis integerrimis, multipliner- 

 vHs llnearibus — lanceolatis, acuminatis, extus villosis — 

 sublanatis, intus glabris , exterioribus totis foliaceis, inte- 

 rioribus basi coriaceis, siccis, circiter 6 — 7"' longis, 

 1 — 1|^"' latis. Pappus rufescens. Corollae in siccis lu- 

 teae, pilis rarissimis obsitae, labiis exterioribus oblonge - el- 

 lipticis, in floribus marginalibus, pollicem fere longis, cir- 

 citer 6"' longis, 1'" latis. Rhachis piloso-firabrillifera. — 



