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Eriocaulon anthemi/lorum. Tab. XV. 
Caulescens; caule brevi simplici nudo; follis radicalibus confertis brevlssimis li- 
nearlbus obtusiusculis : pedunculo terminall subsolllarlo vaginaque pubescente. — 
Synop. №. 7 5. _ 
Radix annua (?), fibrosa; fibrillis crassinsculis subslmplicibus albidis. 
Folia radicalia caespitosa, conferla, linearia, obtusiuscula, juniora pubescenlia, de- 
mum glabra, ad Inserllonem pllis brevlbus albis dense cincta, 4 — 5 lin. longa, 
semlllneà paulo angustlora. 
Caulis simplex, teres, a basl ad aplcem nudus, glaber, 9 —12 lin. longus, ex apl - 
ce pedunculum unlcum (rarlus 2 ) emlllens, folils floralibus nonnullls, llnearl- 
bus, acumlnatls, pubcscenllbus, Inaequallbus clrcumdalum. 
subquadrangularls, ereclus, rlgldlusculus, pubescens, pallldus, 41 — 5 
polllces abus. 
Vagina angusta, striata, pubescens, aplce obllqne fissa, polllcem clrclter 
longa , Intense viridis. 
Capitulum subhemlspliaerlcum, radlatum, dlametro clrclter 5-llneall. 
Squamae exteriores Involucrantes, steriles, Imbrlcatae, oblongae, acutlus- 
culae s. oblusae, fusco-nllenles, glabrae; marginales radiantes, disco duplo 
longlores, oblongae, deorsum altenuatae, albae, nltentes. 
Bradcae ovatae, ulilnque altenuatae, aculae, concavae, ad medium pllis 
nonnullls sparsls marglne veslitae, albae. 
Rcceplaculum pllosum ; pllis brevlbus albis. 
Flores masculi praeprimls in ambitu, sed et cum femlnels in disco mlxtl, pedlcellatl. 
Perigonii exierioris parles 1 res llberae, ovatae, utrinque altenuatae, acu¬ 
lae, concavae, medlo ad marglnem, bractcarum Instar, qulbus slmllllmae, pllis 
paucls Instruclae, albae. 
Jnterioris partes in tubum obconlum, aplce trllobum coalltae; lobulls acutls. 
