358 . 



boldt in locls temperaüs, scopulosis AndJum Novo-Gra- 

 natensium In rlpa fluvii Smita all. 500 hexap. Oclbr. 

 (v. sp. s. oo.) 



31. LOXODON. 



Cass. Dict. d. sc. nat XXVII. p. 254. Lerlae sp. 

 Cand. Tnssilagmis sp. Pers. C/mpta/iae sp. Sprg.) 



Capitulum inaequaliflorum , discoideum , floribus $ in 

 ceniro, 2 multiserlalibus in ambitu. Acbaenium oblongo- 

 obovatum, erostre, pilis brevlbus carnosis dense obsitum 

 (Cass. 1. c. ). Pappus mulliserlalis , longus, inaequalis. 

 Corolla pappo brevior, lloruni $ regularis, 5-dentala; flo- 

 rum 2 Hngulata , stylo brevior, serierum inlerioruni sen- 

 slm minor lingulis inlegerrimis. Antberae alis aculis in 

 floribus 9 ne vestigia quidem. Stylus florum $ inclusus; 

 2 longe exsertus ramis longiusculis, inaequalibus. Rba- 

 chis nuda. Involucrum flores superans, fruclus subaequans, 

 foliolis oblongo-ovatis, oblusis, glabris, mullinerviis, mar- 

 glne angustc scariosis. 



L, hrevipes (Cass. 1. c. Leria exscapa Cand. 1. c. 

 Tussilago (Chaptalla) exscapa Pers. syn. II. p. 456.). 



Radix fibrosa, fibris validis, simplicibus. Caules sim- 

 plicissin.i, quam brevissimi foliis confertis, obsolete veno- 

 sis, breviter peliolatis, petiolis piano -dllalatis, 3 — 6"' 

 longis in nervös primarios utrinque planos, striatos, basi 

 latissimos transeuntibus ; obovatis s. oblongo-obovatis, ob- 

 tusisslmis — aculis, mucronulato - denticulatis — dentato- 

 runclnatls, supra glabris, junioribus lana valde liigaci ob- 

 sitis, sublus albo s. virescenii-tomentosis, tomento denso, 

 persistenti, nervls lanalis, una cum petiolis 1 — 2|" lon- 

 gis, '2 — I2" latis longe superanlur. Capitula in siccis 

 circilcr 10'" longa, 8'" lata. Corollae pallide flavae. In- 

 volucrum (Scorzonerae) turbinato-campanulalum, foliolis 

 pallide viridibus, inlimis anguslioribus, pallidioribus, cir- 



