Celsia L. 



Sectio Arcturus Benth. 



0. baetica (Willk.) Nob. — Planta biennis (vel interdum perennis?), 7 — 18 dm. 

 alta. Caulis simplex, rarius superne ramo uno alterove paucifloro instructus, stricte 

 erectus, firmus, teres, plerumque violaceo-rubescens, basi ssepius pilis articnlatis bre- 

 vibus (vulgo 3-cellularibus) gla ndulif eris et non glanduliferis puberulus, ceterum 

 glaberrimus. Folia basilaria caulinaque inferiora petiolata; petiolus basi dilatatus, 

 ceterum sat angustus, preecipue marginibus pilis paucicellularibus glanduliferis et 

 non glanduliferis ± dense puberulus; lamina utrinque pilis paucicellularibus, numé- 

 ro sis glanduliferis i m mix tis, obsita vel supra glabrescens, ovato-lanceolata, 

 grosse dentato-lobata vel lobato-pinnatisecta, ra.rius basi pinnatipartita; lobi vel seg- 

 menta utrinque 7 — 8, late vel lanceolato-triangularia, irregulariter dentata, dentibus 

 triangularibus mucronulatis. Folia caulina media inferioribus multo minora, approxi- 

 mata, subsessilia vel sessilia, infra vel utrinque pilis brevissimis pro majore 

 parte glanduliferis obsita, suberecta vel arcuato-patula, e basi truncata vel sub- 

 cordata ovato-lanceolata, pinnatilobata vel grosse et irregulariter eroso-dentata, lobis 

 dentibusque mucronatis. Folia caulina superiora numerosa, approximata, sensim in 

 bracteas inflorescentiee transeuntia, utrinque minutissime gland ulosa, secus 

 nervum medianum + complicata, patentia vel arcuato-reflexa, e basi cordata ovato- 

 vel lanceolato-triangularia, in apicem mucronatum producta, marginibus argute den- 

 tata, dentibus patentibus anguste triangularibus mucronatis. Inflorescentia multi- 

 flora, laxiuscula. Rae h is per totam longitudinem, ut etiam bractese 

 pedunculique, pilis glanduliferis 3-cellularibus sparsis (in bracteis et 

 pedunculis densioribus) obsita. Bracteae e basi latissima triangulares, patentissimse, 

 argute serratse, in apicem integrum rigid ulum deorsum curvatum subito attenuates, 

 pedunculo inferiores parum, cetera? dimidio vel duplo breviores. Pedunculi 

 fructiferi 9 — 13 mm. longi, longitudinem capsular non vel parum 

 superantes, crassi (1,5 — 2 mm. diam.), e recto- paten tes (c. 6 0°), s urs um 

 arcuati, apice incrassati et sensim in calycem transeuntes. Calyx 

 extus tota superficie pilis glanduliferis 3-cellularibus dense obsitus; 

 lacinise inœquales, jam florendi tempore supra medium latiores, posteriores lan- 



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