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gentes, nuitc brèves, nunc plus minusve elongati, apii ife 2- v. sœpius 3-f'nr- 

 cati, caetero inclivisi. Ramuei rarais similes at quidquam tenuiores, 1- v. 

 oligo-phylli, cymula itcrato-dicliotoma v. interne tricliotoma (raro 4-ra~ 

 diala) terminât!, cœtero indivisi. Folia glabra v. laxe arachnoideo-lanu- 

 ginosa , viridia; segmenta sinuato-pinnatifida v. sinuato-dentata : lobis 

 dentibusve sinubusque simuiacrachi crebre setoso- v. aristulato-denticu- 

 latis ; aristae et seta? flavescentes v. stramineae , recta?. Folia radicalia 

 1/2-1 -pedalia ; segmenta heteromorpha : intima ad setam v. aristam 2- v. 

 3-furcatam aut imo simplicem reducta ; proxime sequentia palmala 

 ( 3-7-aristata), nunc dimidiata v. inœquilatera, nunc suba^quilatera; ce- 

 tera, plus minusve pinnatifida, pleraque sublanceolata, pauca inferiorum 

 triangularia v. ovato- aut oblongo-lanceolata et plerumque reflexa ; laci- 

 nia? varia?, sœpissime triangulares v. subdimidiato-ovata?, interdum ovata> 

 v. ovato -lanceolata?. Peliolus setoso- v. aristato-ciliatus, ad basin inlus 

 haud raro pulvinato-lanuginosus. Folia caulina decurrentia, caetero foliis 

 radicalibus conformia. Foiiorum ramealium et ramularium segmenta ple- 

 raque sublanceolata v. triangularia, sinuato-dentata , v. solum denticti- 

 lata. Bractée et Bracteol^e decurrentes , coriacea?, virides, plus mi- 

 nusve lanuginosa? ( saltem juxta basin). Bractée sublanceolata? v. 

 lineari-lanceolata?, erecta?, plerumque complicatœ : intima? foliis ramula- 

 ribus similes, superiores utrinque 5-7-denlata? , dentibus plerisque ina*- 

 qualiter bi-aristaiis. Bràgteoije divergentes, subulata? , denticuîaîa^, 

 dentibus utrinque 6-6, 1- v. saepius 2-aristulalis : aristulis divaricatis. 

 Totius planta? inflorescentia cymam eflbrmat 5-10 pollices latam den- 

 sam bracteis majoribus paulo superatam. Calathidja 6-7 lineas longa , 

 8-10-fIora, ovato-conica , in quovis ramulo circiter 15 v. saepius pluia 

 (nonnunquam imo fere 50) in cymulam plerumque contractant subfasti- 

 giatam congesta; alia alaria , solitaria , alia terminalia nunc solitari;i , 

 nuncgeminav. unilaterali-racemulosa. Cymularum merithalli braclearuni 

 et bracteolarum decurrentia marginal! et aristulis creberrimis selaceis 

 divaricatis armati , lanuginosi (nunc parcius nunc dcnsius), calathidiis 

 sappissime duplo subtriplove breviores. Anthodium viride v. cœruleo et 

 viridi variegatum , glabriusculum , v. laxius aut densius arachnoideo-la- 

 nuginosum (interdum subcanum), flores subaequans, v. paulo floribus 

 brevius, conspicue squarrosum (squamis nempe, exceptis extimis et inti- 

 mis, circiter a medio Iaxis v. snbpatentibus, superne plus minusve reçut - 

 vis). Receptaguli fimbriLUE îanceolato- v. sublineari - subulata? , fusca; 

 cum apice straminco. Squame cartilaginae (intima? et pcnintima? excepta') : 

 extimœ (interioribus nunc paulo nunc subdimidio v. imo subduplo bre- 

 viores) ad pressa?, subulata?, setoso- v. aristulato- denticulatae : setulis v. 

 aristulis nunc brevibus nunc elongatis, plerumque bi- v. tri-furcatis ; 

 sequenteset mediœ lineari- v oblongo-hneeolata\ in parte objecta mem- 



