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pcrne od angulos tuberculata, luiilca exlima orc clliato, 

 disco cplgyno parvo. CoroUae 5-dcntatae, dentibus ob- 

 lusls, apice obscuris, hispidlusculo-ciliatis, llmbo a tubo 

 brcvissimo paium dislincto. Genitalla inclusa. Aniherae 

 ccaudatpe, alis subrotundis. Pollen globosum, ecJiInalalum. 



Wedelia EJircnbcrgü n. sp. Carol. Ehrenberg logJt 

 in insula St. Domingo pr. urbem Cap Fran^ais. 



Caulis gracilis, hcrbaccus, flexuosö-erectus, teres, 

 stn'goso-pllosus, striatus, parum ramosus, ramis oppositls, 

 16 —20 et iillra pollicaris, basi ima reptans, inferne aphyL 

 Ins. Folia remota, decussata, membranacea, petiolulala, 

 supra basin tripllnervia, nervis subtus promlnulis, venosa^ 

 plana, hirsiito-hlspida, supra asperrlma, süblus scaberrima 

 paliidioraque, oblonge elliptica, rarius elliptica, acuta, basi 

 obtusa aut acuta, saepe inaequalia et obit^r cordata, ser- 

 rato-crenata, crenis apiceque apiculalis, i^ — 4" longa, 

 1' — ^^1'' lata. Petioli liirsiiti, plani, 2 s. 3'" longi, basi 

 conjunclj. Capitula erecta, multiflora, radio 12-floro, aeque 

 magna ac in Bcllide pcrcnni terminant ramos caulesque 

 superne per interstitium foliis sumrtiis circiter aequale 

 aphyllos. Involucrum campanulatum, 10-phyllum, biseriale, 

 dIsco aequale, foliolis planis, integerrimis, acutiusculis, 

 apiculatisj exleriorlbus ellipticis, multiplincrvüs, tolls fere 

 foliaceis, extus hirsutis, 2'" longis, 1"' latis, interioribus 

 obovalis, multinerviis^ totis fere siccis, minorlbus glabrlo- 

 busque, Bracteolae siccae, floribus disci aequales, citiatae, 

 multirierviae, oblongo-obovatae, conduplicatae, 2'" parum" 

 longiores, apice extus L^rsutae. Corollae luteae, discl: 

 5-riervide> If ' longae tubo brevissimo, limbo 5-denlato, 

 longo, cylindraceo, dentibus extus liispidlusculis; radii: 

 21"' longae, glabrae, llngula subrotundo- elliptica, lata, 

 muUinervia, Iruncata, obsolete apice 3-crenata, crena in- 

 termedia minori, nervis duobus müUo l'ortionbus; tubo 



