51+ 



Mejico, pr. el banco. Jan. 1839: C. Ehrenberg n. 939. 

 Obs. Eandein in Mejici prov. Oaxaca prius legit Som- 

 merschn ! Carlsrubaniis. 



Div. II. ELEPHANTOPEAE Cass. — Less. — DC. pr. V. 



p. 85. 



Genera 3 hiijus divisionis, nempe: Elephantopus Cass., 

 Elephantosis Less. et Distreptus Cass. a cl. DC. 1. c, enu- 

 merata et secundum pappum formata, duce cl. Gaertner, End- 

 licher aliisque ut snbgencra agnosco. 



Sectio I. Eu el e p haut o pus Endl. gen. n. 2231. 



Achaenia coliunuari-clavala i. e. iufcrue atteunata, su- 

 perne dilatata, apice panlo attracta, 10-costata, inter eostas 

 plus rainusve hirta, pilis adpressis qaudoqne tarn confertis Dt 

 superne pappum cxternuni brevem formcut, quandoqne vero 

 glabrcscentia et superne tantum pilis sparsis instrncta. Pap- 

 pus 1-serialis, persistens e paleis compositus n. 5 (rariu9 — 

 8) rectis, setaceis, denticulatis, basi in scariositatcm expansis 

 triangnlari-lanceolatam, margiue denticulato -ciliatam, achae- 

 nii longiludinem subaequautem. — Herbae Americae calidae 

 vel Indiae orientalis, 2J. vel biennes, polymorphae, plus mi- 

 nusue strigoso-hirtae, dichotome corymbosae, glomerulis po- 

 lycephalis terminalibus. 



§. 1. Corolla glabra DC. pr. V. p. 86. — In Linnaea 

 XVI11. p. 594. jam inonui species 5 Candollei primas vix 

 specifice diffcrre. Variant enim formae hie enumeratae roi- 

 rum in raodiim quoad indumenlum, ramifieationem, foliorum 

 dispositionern notasque alias: 



Huc etiam spectat: Elephantopus ciliatus Zollinger et 

 Moritzi! in syst. Verz. p. 69. in oryzetis et ad vias prope 

 Tjikoya Javae lectus: Zollinger! pl. Javae exs. n. 7. Planta 

 «st bipedalis, villoso-strigosa, subcanescen9, rhizomate 2J.. 



