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circller ^^^ lala, acuta, pl. curvala, superiora decrcscenlia, 

 acuminata et erecta. Cnpltula solilaria, tcrmlnaiia, anle 

 anthesln ccrnua, disco 3'^' alto, minora qnam In Kaulfus- 

 sia amelhide. Involucrum lale campanulalum, dIsco lon- 

 gius, pauciseriale, follolis acuminalis, ciliatis, glabris, mem- 

 branaceis, siccis, planiusculis, virescenti- s. purpurascenti- 

 stramincis , adpressis^ glandulis linearlbus, rufo-diaphanis 

 in nervis (ut In Tagele), ex oblongo-lriangularlbus, 1-ner- 

 viis in oblongo-elliptlca, majora, trinervia, margine sca- 

 riosa, circiter 3|'" longa, f' lata. Rhachis convexa, nu- 

 da. Pappus setaecus, plumosus, flavescens, radli: brevts; 

 discl longus. Corollae glabrae, radil: llngulls caeruleis, 

 oblongo-elllpticis, apice S-dentlculatis, tubo longiorlbus; 

 disci; luleae, i^"' longae, pappo suo aequales, limbo a 

 tubo distincto eumque plus duplo superante. Stylus dis- 

 ci: 2 - fidus , basi bulbosus , ramis acutiusculis corollam 

 haud exccdenlibus, sligmate nullo; ovarlis llneanbus, gla- 

 bris, Inanibus. Achaenia (radll) glabra, piano -compressa, 

 2-costata, dIsco epigyno minuto, atro-fusca, oblique sub- 

 elliptica (v. sp. s. oo). 



MADIA. Molin. 



Radius uniserlalls. Discus S. Achaenia calva, ero- 

 Stria. 



MoLiNA viscosa. Cav. Wllld. sp. pl. III. p. 1952. 

 In Chile 111. de Chamlsso. 



MYRIACTI8 n. gen. 



Flores In ambitu oo-seriaics 2, in cenlro $. Achae- 

 nia erostrla, calva. 



Genus fl. 2 plurlserialibus achacnlisque calvis quam 

 maxime distinctum. 



Ilerbae Nepaulcnscs, crcciae, dicholomae, inermes, 

 caulibus ramisque teretibus, viridibus, striatis; foliis alter- 



