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plnrinicV, longissirao potlolata, ternala, crassinscnl.a, rctlcn- 

 lato-venosa, siipra pubcnila glabrave, subtus tenuiter lauu- 

 ginosa pallidiora, statu juniore Tiolacea, raargiue ciliata; 

 foliola Lrcvissimc pctiolulata, 1 — 4-pollicaria, rhomboidco- 

 ovata, plus minus profunde bi-triiida, rarlus subrutogra, 

 acuminata vel obtusiuscula, margine irregulariter apiculato- 

 creuato - serrata , basin subcnneatam, versus integerriraa. Pc~ ^ 

 tioli 5 — S-pollicares, patenter- villosi, basi inerabranaceo - 

 vaginantes. Folia involucralia bina tcrnave snbsessilia vel 

 brevissimc petiolata sirailia; involucellaria 2 — 4; basilaria 

 minuta. Pedunculi 2 — 5 subumbellati , 1 — 6 -pollicares, 

 erccti, teretcs, tenuiter lannginosi, nudi; secundaril ad basin 

 involucellis minutis sulFulti. Flos minor majorve, in speci- n 

 minibus Huraboldtiauis raagnitudiue Rauuucnli Flaramulae; in ' 

 aliis 1 — l'/a-pollicaris in diamelro. Sepala 5 alba aut 

 purpurea, ovata oblongave, obtnsa, patentia, ntrinque gla- ] 

 bra (in specirainibus Humboldtianis extus tenuiter lanugino- 

 sa); stamina plurima, filaraentis glabris brevibus^, antheris 

 ovato - ellipticis. GynopJiorum heraisphaericum villosum. 

 Carjndia numerosa (eirc. 20), oblonga, rugosa, basi atque 

 apice attenuata_, circiter 2 lin. longa, statu juniori pubesccu- 

 tia, (qualia vidcrunt Kunthius atque DC), matura oninlno 

 glabra, stylis ovario longioribus capiilaceis glabris, primurn 

 rcctiusculis , demuiu recurvo-iullexis coronata. 



Fl, Majo^ Schiede! Julio, Koch! Septembri, Humbohll! ' 

 — 7/.. — (v. speciraina Humboldtiana, Kochiana atque Schie- 

 deana in herb. Willd. et Schlchtd.) 



Observ, Fortasse haec species cum praccedente apliiis 

 propriam sectionem constituit. — 



