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uninerviis, acutis, intimis lingulatis, omnium quidem lori-^ 

 gissimis, achaenio autem brevioribus. Corollae violaceae, 

 glabrae, circiter semipollicares, reguläres, limbo cylindra- 

 ceo tubum superanle. Anlherae brevilcr caudatae, alis 

 oblonge- elliplicis, acuminaüs, brevibus, latls. Filamenta 

 papilloso- scabra. Stylus usque ad incrassationem divisus. 

 Achaenia glaberrima, sulcala, cylindracea, 3"' longa, pal- 

 lide fusca; areolam lateralem callo basilari maximo cin- 

 genle, neclario alveolarl, longiusculo, cylindraceo; callo 

 aplcall annuliforml, sub quo orltur pappus; dlsci epigyni 

 margine prominente crcnulato. — Species insignis, lade 

 fere Crupinae , sed pappo ab ea disfincta. 



3. Centaürea TVallichirnin n. sp. In Nepaulia legit 

 cl. Wallicb (v. sp. 1, in berb. Hörn.). 



Radix pcrennis? Caulis simpllcissimus, ereclus, 5- 

 pollicarls, leres, siriatus, hispiduio - puberulus, pennam 

 corvinam crassus, snperne mullo minus foliatus lerminatur 

 capilulo solitario, homogamo, in siccis 12'" longo, 18'" 

 lato. Folla membranacea, pilosiuscnla — glabriuscula, li- 

 nearia, acuminata, mucronata, ex petiolatis, confertis, pin- 

 natißdis laciniis mucronalis, lateralibus integerrimis , sur- 

 sum speclantibus, semilaneeolatis, terminali elongala, mu- 

 cronulato- denticulala in sessilia remota, alterna^, integer- 

 rlma, l-nervia, polllcem fere longa et lineam lata. Invo- 

 lucrum (fere Gerberae macrocephalae) late campanulalum, 

 I" altum^ fructibus longius, floribus parum brevius, folio- 

 lis glabrls, siccis, inermibus, exappendiculatls, longe re 

 ctilineo-acuminatis^ integerrimis, planis, stramineis, superne 

 obscurioribus, ex semilanceolalis, toiis membranaceis, ad- 

 pressis, laevibus, impellucidis, 3j"' fere longis, 1|"' lalis 

 in linearia, subsquarrosa , 3-nervia, pills brevissimis rigi- 

 dissimisque aspera, 10'" longa, circiter 1'" lata, apice lon- 

 gissime scariosa, Pappus longus^ oo-serlalls, macqualis, 

 flavescensj setaceus, profunde sevralus, serie intima om- 



