505 



aequallbus, ex semllanceolatls, acuminatis in linearia, acu 

 tiuscula, parum longiora et angusliora. 



MOLINA. 

 (Llnnaea VI. 139.) 



Molina linearis R. et P. Linn. J. c. 

 In California leglt cel. de Chamlsso. 

 ll.b. (p. 145.) Molina pentaptera n. sp. Qulnquealata 

 aliis planis, follis quam interslitia multo brevloribiis, basi 

 lala sessillbus, irimeris; Involucil marium cyllndiacei fo 

 liolis oblusis, rbachide foeminavum nuda. 

 Sellovv in Brasilia (v. sp. s. plura,) 

 Planta foeminca desideratur. Rhizoma multicaule, 11- 

 gnosum. Gaules erecli, graciles, herbacei, basi lignosi, 

 1 — l^- et ullra pedales, in speclminibus suppelentibus 

 simplices, aplce dlvlsl in splcam composilam pyramidalem, 

 oblongam, magls mlnusve ramosam, pedunculis ereclo-pa- 

 tentlbus, alls longis, angustls, rigidis, venosis, apice obtu- 

 sissimis, geminls ex basi folU cujusque deciirrentibus, quo 

 superioribus eo angustlorlbus. Folla penlamera, inter.sli- 

 tiis multo mlnora, quo superlora eo magls remota, mem- 

 branacea, integerrima, glabcrrima, basi lala sessilia, ellip- 

 tlca, obtusa, inllma 6"' longa, 3'" lata, superlora decres- 

 centia. Capltula clrciler ll-flora, aeque magna ac mas- 

 cula iH/. cyUndricae, slngula s. blna, terna vel plura glo- 

 merulata. Involucrum cylindraceum, multiseriale, fusco- 

 stramineum, nitldum, foliolis obtusls, marglne scariosis, 

 intlmis linearibus, 2"^ longis, inlegerrimis, hinc inde pun- 

 ctatis. Rbachls nuda, exigua. Pappus iortus, capillari- 

 selaceus, corollis aequalls, aplce haud incrassatus. Stylus 

 longus, superne pubescens, ramls obsoletls. Corollae al- 

 bae? glabrae, dentlbus reflexis, limbo baud inflalo. 



A M. juncea^ in cujus descriptione legatur „5" nee 

 -j3"-3lata, differt: follis basi lata se^silibus nee petiolula- 



