716 



humifusa Cand. in Wydl. |)1. exs. Porloric. N. 208. Lo- 

 rentea prostrata Lag. n. g. p. 28?) Follis subspalhulatis, 

 muticis; caule quadrangulo; capitulis sparsis; pappo late 

 paleaceo, disci brevi. 



Modus Crescendi prorsus idem ac in Trifolio scabro 

 vel strlato. 



Radix lignosa, ramosa, subfusiformis , perpendicularis, 

 annua? Caulis hmailis 2 — 6-pollicaris, di-rarius tricho- 

 tome ramosissimus , procumbens, basi reptans, radiculis 

 longissirnls, tenuissimis simplicibusque, dense follatus, qua- 

 drangulus, pube obsoleta, 2-seriali, serlebus e basibus fo- 

 liorum decurrentibus cum iisque decussatis instructus, 

 saepe purpurascens. Folia rigida, 1-nervia, nervo subtus 

 prominulo, avenia, obovata s. oblongo-ovata, oblusissima, 

 mutica, nonnunquam retusa, basi longe valdeque anguslata, 

 denliculis utrinque circiter quaternis — senis, adproxima- 

 tis, setis latitudlne foliorum brevioribus instructa, atque 

 in vaglnam brevissimam connata, intersliliis saepissime lon- 

 giora, conferta, 2 — 4'" longa, 1 — 1|^"' lata, margine sca- 

 bra, glandulis crebris lelaque cellulosa saepe diaphana 

 perforata. Capitula 23 — 28-flora, radio 5-floro, 4'"longa, 

 solitaria, pro ramositate plantae} rara, ramos apice per 

 interstitium foliis snmmis brevius nudos squamaque una 

 allerave scariosa, clliata, acuta, exigua, elliptica, 'erecta 

 Line inde instnictos terminant. luvolncri 5-pbylH, cam- 

 panulato-cylindracei follola obovata, obtusissima, nonnun- 

 quam retusa, margine scariosa, inferne incrassato-carinata, 

 2"' longa, 1 — 1|^'" lata, glandulis apice rotundis et fre- 

 quentioribus, inferne oblongis pellucido - punctata. Pappus 

 inaequalis, achaeniis mullo corollisque brevior, paleis latis, 

 apice pl. lacero-serratis, maximis sela sua longioribus 

 eaqne addita circiter lineam longis; in disco senis s. plu- 

 ribus, in radio binis s. ternis^suboppositis, cilia uria alterave 



