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nuate-toothed or subpinnatifid, the upper linear entire ; ti. 
small remote on long proliferously dichotomous or rarely um- 
bellate ped., the central ped. in each dichotomy short fistulose 
thickened upwards ; br. of ped. few and thinly scattered at 
their top, those of base of inv. more numerous and crowded, all 
linear-subulate setaceous mealy loosely spreading or ascending, 
the upper of the calycle equalling the expanded fl. or scarcely 
longer than the inner close-pressed scales ; 11. sulphur or pale 
lemon-y. with the eye or disk fuller lemon or more golden- 
y. ; pappus of disk with mostly 4 bristles longer than the ach., 
of the margin all or nearly all reduced to an excessively mi- 
nute short fringe or crown. — Pers. ii. 377 ; Spr. Syst. iii. 670 ; 
DC. vii. 86. no. 2 ; Willk. et Lange ii. 206. T. quatriaristata 
Biv. Monogr. Tolp. p. iv, t. 1. T. crinita Lowe Prim. 24, t. 2 ; 
DC. 1. c. no. 3 ; Seub. FI. Az. 33. T. barbata “ forma 1 cri- 
nita primaria” WB. ii. 401 (not Linn.!). Crepis crinita and 
Lapsana stellata Sol. ! MSS. and Crepis inct'assata F orster ! in 
BH. C. crenata (misprint for crinita) Buch ! 194. no. 223. — 
Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 2, 3, ccc ; PS. reg. 4, rr. Mountain pas- 
tures and sunny dry rocky banks and ledges everywhere ; above 
the Mount, up the Cam. do Meio, at Camacha, St. Ant° da 
Serra, P 10 da Cruz, S ta Anna, S. Vicente, &c. ; in PS. only on 
the rocky summits of P. do Facho and P. Branco. May-Oct. 
— Boot nearly simple or tap-shaped w. or whitish strong hard 
or woody but merely ann. St. one or several from the crown, 
6 in.-2 ft. long, straight, slender, sometimes numerous, but 
sparingly branched and few-fld., with a single sessile 1. here 
and there only at the forks, furry-pubescent downwards like 
the 1. and snowy -tom entose at the base, very variable in height 
and luxuriance, often dwarfed to a single 2-6 fid. st. 2-6 in. 
high. Root-1, in a small loose tuft, 2-4 in. long, |-1 in. broad, 
attenuated downwards. Upper st.-l. inconspicuous linear en- 
tire. Ped. of central H. short and thick, of the lateral elongated 
slender 5 all smooth and naked but mealy, thinly and loosely 
fringed only at top closely below the fl. with a few long linear- 
setaceous loosely erecto-patent bracts. FI. 6-8 lines in diam., 
the outer broader ligules pale dusky-olive outside and sulphur 
or primrose-colour inside, the inner or disk-fits, dusky or pur- 
plish before expansion, but when open onty fuller lemon or 
more golden-y. than the outer, never dark purplish brown. 
Ach. minute 1 millim. long, dark brown or black, linear-ob- 
long, truncate at top, a little pointed at base, subquadrangular 
finely ribbed or striated, and veiy minutely rough or granulate. 
Pappus of outer row of a,ch. a single row of excessively short 
and minute setules; of the rest with from 1 or 2-5 (mostly 4 
or 3) of these setules produced into pale straw-coloured rough 
bristly hairs about twice as long as the ach. and a little 
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