Z O E G i E A Leptaurea. L.
( S Y N G E N H I A polyg. fiuftr.)
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HABITAT in Oriente. Andr. Michaux. ©
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P L A N T A annua, patula.
* Defcenjus.
R A D I X annua, ramoià, fibrolà, badia.
* Afcenjhs.
C A U L I S herbaceus, ramofus, fubereSus, teres, vix ftriatus, fquallidus , medullofus,
cubitalis, vix craffitie calami.
R A M I & ramali alterni, diffufi, angulati, ftriati, fcabriufculi, virides.
* Frandefeentia.
F O L I A alterna, petiolata, patentia, primordialia caulis impari-pinnatifida, bi-feu-trijuga :
laciniis fuboppofitis, remotis, ovatis f. oblongis, uninerviis, obtufiufculis f. argute
acuminatis, infimis fenfim minoribus, extimà maxima lanceolata, fubdentatà; villofa,
fquallida, fcabriufcula, pallida, 3 poll. Ion. z poll. lat.
Ramea fubfeffilia, lanceolata, obtufiufcula cum acumine arguto, fubintegra, trinervia,
reclinata, ad apicem feniim minora.
P E T IOLI latiufculi, carinati, in folium excurrentes, baii ampliati , folio longe
breviores, in foliis rameis adhuc breviiiimi.
* Injlorefcentia.
F L O R E S terminates, folitarii, erefli, longius pedunculati, lutei, 15-15 lin. lat.
PEDUNCUII elongati, fup erne incrailati , ftriati, iquallidi} bratteati nudive
2 poll. Ion.