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Folia basalia sub anthesi emarcida vel persistentia 
1 — 2 ± approximata, petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, z h 
obtusiuscula (v. fol. infimum lingulatum, obtusum), 
dentibus utrinque 2 — 3 porrectis serrato-dentata v. 
denticulata, intermarginibus convexis sparsim ciliatis 
bene limitata; caulina inferiora et intermedia inter- 
nodiis multo longiora, elongate lanceolata — linearia, 
dentibus utrinque 1 v. 2 sat longis, + falcatis, inæ- 
quilongis, asymmetrice dispositis instructa, ceterum den- 
tibus paucis, minoribus dentata v. denticulata, supra 
medium vel maxima parte integerrima, in apicem lon- 
gissimum, ± angustum procurrentia ; superiora 1 — 2 
integerrima vel basi dentibus solitariis instructa, line- 
aria, ± bracteiformia. Inflorescentia paniculata, pau- 
cifiora, subsimplex, ramis acladium 1 — 3 cm. longum 
superantibus erectopatulis angusta. vel magis compo- 
sita usque 12-cephala, ramis inferioribus longis, sube- 
rectis, ex axillis foliorum superiorum ortis subindeter- 
minata. Rami et pedicelli inferne virescentes, zb stel- 
lati, epilosi, sub involucro tomentelli — canotomentosi, 
squamulis paucis, virescentibus vulgo instruct!, epilosi 
v. apice interdum pilis brevibus solitariis (v. in acla- 
dio raris) obsiti. Involucrum prim ari um 6 — 7 mm. 
latum, c:a 11 mm. longum, obscure canovirescens, ob 
margines virescentes mediæ partis squamarum interi- 
orum paullulum variegatum, basi zb rotund ata in pe- 
dicellum superne zb incrassatum transeunte. Squamae 
haud numerosæ, apicibus accurate adpressæ, flores ju- 
veniles conspicue superantes; exteriores paucæ et sat 
longæ, anguste triangulari-lineares, subacutæ, superi- 
ors tegentes lanceolatæ, acutæ; omnes sparsim — den- 
siuscule stellatæ, pilis brevibus — mediocribus, sparsis 
— densiusculis glandulisque minutis, raris — sparsis ob- 
sitæ, marginibus et apice concolores nec comatæ; in- 
timæ lanceolatæ — subulatæ, in dorso obscuro parcius 
stellatæ et pilosæ, ob margines nudos circa medium 
squamarum dilute virescentes v. fere albidos subvari- 
