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talls; capiluUs parvis; paniculis terminatis, lermiiialibus; 

 Involucri campanulali fcliolls parvis, linearibus, ciliatis, 

 punctatis, glabrlusculis , interioribus majoribus; coroUis 

 purpureo-violaceis, inferne pilosiusculis. 

 . .1. E. conyzo'ides (L. Syst. veg. p. 612. Sp. ])1. p. 1171. 

 L. 111. dec. rar. I. p. 1. t. 1. Houtt. Pß. S. IX. p. 235.) 

 Ramis inflorescenliae primariis inferioribus quam folia sua 

 breviorlbus. 



Radix annua, tenuiter fibroso-fusiformls, ramosa, per- 

 pcndicularis. Caulis 10" — 4' et ultra altus, sulcato-stria- 

 tus, simplex s. ramosus ramique alterni magis minusve 

 hirsuti. Folia tenera, nervis primariis plano-dilalatis slria- 

 tisque, serrata s. crenato - serrata, adulta pl. glabra, juniora 

 magis minusve hirsuta, ex obovatis, subspalliulatis, acutis, 

 basi longe curvilineo-acurainatis, circiter 1^ — 4'^ longis, 

 \ — 2" lalis, oppositis, basi (linea) conjunctis in ellip- 

 tlco-lanceolata, alterna, f — ^ longa, \ — 1'' lata, Pa- 

 niculae contractae, subcymosae, ramis patentibus — patenti- 

 divergentibus, allernis s. verticillatis, hirsutis, sulcatis, prio- 

 rlbus foliis perfectis, elliptico-lanceolatis basi stipatis iis- 

 que mullo brevioribus. Involucri foliola subfoliacea, viri- 

 dia, superne salurate viridia, aculiuscula — • acuminata, 

 interiora circiter lineam longa. Rbachis convexa. Achae- 

 nia lineam longa. — Habitat in India orientali (sec. L.); 

 in Aegypto (pr. Damiette Sieber; ad ripam ISili in limo 

 Novbr. Forsk.) (v. sp. oo. s, et viv.) , 



2, E. gracilis (p. 336.) Ramis paniculae folia sua 

 longe excedentibus. ^ nnmiq v^4<"f^iiK. 



Caulis striatus, fusco-purpnrascens, ramosus, magis 

 minusve hirsutus, fortasse pedalis et ullra, Folia, quae 

 suppetunt, alterna, hirsuta, juniora subsericeo-canesccntia, 

 nervis subtus prorainulis, uniformia, anguste llneari-lan- 

 ceolata, remole serrulaia, subtus excavato- punctata, pe- 

 iiolis hirsulo . canescenlibus^ inlus canaliculalis adjcctis 



