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Berba pereniiis foliis plerisque radicalibus rosulatis. Rlü- 

 zoina teres brcve, subterraneum, iucomplete uotinn. Folia 

 radicalia rosulata, obovata obtusa, mucronulata, iuferne atte- 

 nuata, amplexicaulla, integerrima, glabra, fere coriacea, 

 uniuervia, iionuulla apice subacumiuata, 5 pollices longa, 

 fere sesquipollicem lata; caiilis centralis bipedalis, simpli- 

 cissimus, teres ^ apicera versus araueoso - tomentosus, basi 

 glaber, leviter striatiis, pennae aiiserinae fere crassitie, parce 

 foliosus; folla cauliiia sessilia, senil -araplexicaulia, linear! - 

 lanceolata, inferiora apice ovata obtusa, supcriora acurai- 

 uata, araiieosa, demum giabra, nuiuervia, integerrima, co- 

 riacea 2 — 3 Vs pollices longa, 3 — 6 lineas lata. Capitula 

 pauca (5 — 6) apice in racemnm laxum bipollicarem com- 

 posita, pedicellata, rhachi pedicellisque dense lanato- arach- 

 uoideis, pedicellis 6 — 12 lineas longis. Involucrum multi- 

 seriale, sqiiamae diapbanae, scariosae aureae , extimae late 

 ovatae, obtnsae, sessiles, transverse rugosae, iuteriores basi 

 füliaceae, lineares, apice scariosae dilatatae. Receptaculnm 

 planum papilloso- verrucosnni, epaleaceum. Flores homo- 

 chrorai heteroganii, radii ligulati, ligulis liuearibus, Irnnca- 

 tis 3 — 4 deutatis foemineis; lloribus disci tnbnlosis 5-deii- 

 tatis hermaphrodilis. Autherae inclusae, apice lanceolatae 

 liberae, basi brevitcr bisetae. Stigmatis lobi giabri, apice 

 capitellati pubcruli. Acliaenia quadrangularl - compressa, 

 liueam longa, vix piiberula, uec nt in Podolcpide papulosa. 

 Pappus (Uniserialis, basi subconcretus, scabcrrimus, tubo 

 brevior. 



In Nova Hollandia legit LhotsTcij, 



7. STEVIA LANCEOLATA n. sp. 

 Herbacea, caule subsiraplici pubcscenti, foliis sessili- 

 bus lanceolatis acurainatis, crenato- deutatis, supra glabris, 

 sulilus pubcrulis, trlncrvüs, corymbo terminali polycephalo, 



