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cuise, glabrae , lanceolatae, v. oblongo-lanceolatae, aut subinteger- 

 rimae (suotilissime denticulatae , denticulis oculo nudo inconspi- 

 cuis) aut juxta apicem utrique v. solum latere al tero dente v. 

 denticulo in setam v. in aristulam desinente instructee; istee paulo 

 longiores latioresque . subcoriaceae , subcarinatae , subconcavae , 

 oblongae, v, oblongo-lanceolatae , margine scariosae , juxta apicem 

 utrinque 1-3-dentatae : dentibus in setam v. aristulam ssepissime 

 bifurcatam desinentibus. Squamœ externœ simul ac sequentes et 

 mediœ cartilagineae v. coriaceae , crassae , concaves , carinatse ; 

 extimae crebre setoso- v. aristulato-denticulatae (quasi setoso- v. 

 spinuloso- pectinatee ; setis v. aristulis nunc brevibus nunc elonga- 

 tis , saepissime fere e basi bi- v. tri-furcatis, superioribus gradatim 

 validioribus et plerumque longioribus), rectae v. subrectae, ad- 

 pressée, subulatae; ceeterae superne patentes v. patenti-recurvae , 

 sensim latiores, in parte obtecta subintegerrimae, in parte exserta 

 quasi pinnatifido-spinulosee, nempe utrinque 3-5-dentatae ; den- 

 tibus (nunc contiguis v. subcontiguis , nunc remotioribus) infimis 

 in setam aut simplicem aut bifurcatam desinentibus, sequentibus 

 bi-aristulatis v. bisetosis, summisbi-v. tri-aristatis : aristis diva- 

 ricatis, subulatis, pungentibus, haud raro subrecurvis, plus 

 minusve elongatis et validis , arista terminali tamen semper bre~ 

 viuribus. Receptaculum crassum, subconcavum, sparsim fim- 

 brillosum. Fimbrillœ aut capillares et integerrimae (imo lente 

 adspectee), aut lanceolato- v. filiformi-subulatae et denticulatae v, 

 fimbriolatae, rectae , v. subtortse, inaequales ( majores anthodium 

 subaequantes), basi varie in phalanges connatae, apice subcartila- 

 gineee. Corolla tubulosa, caerulea, glabra, demum subarcuata, 

 praefloratione breviter 5-dentata, per anthesin varie 5-fida; limbo 

 speciebus omnibus modo palmato (fissura nempe calathidii cen- 

 trum spectante ad basin fere limbi protracta : limbo tune flabelli- 

 formi, aBquiprofunde v. inaequaliter 5-fido aut 5-partito), modo 

 ringente (segmento altero, centrum spectante, indiviso ac lineari, 

 altero opposito, liguliformi, aequiprofunde v. inaequaliter 4-fido 

 v. 4-partito), modo subaequiprofunde 5-fida aut partita; tubus 

 subcorneus, brevis (limbo dimidio plusve brevior), obeonicus, a 

 limbo distinctus; limbus in parle indivisa crassus, subventricor 



