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GASTROCARPHA runcinata.
Turnep-leaved Gastrocarpha.
Natural Order. C om po s it a :.
Subordo I I . LABIATIFLORM. DC. in Ann. Mus. 11). p. 63.
G A S T R O C A R P H A . Involucrum 5-phyllum. Receptaculum pa-
leatum: paleis dillormibus ; raím o rito s
apice truncatis cura mucronulo flosculum quasi ravolucello proprio
obvallantibus. Flosculi herraapbroditi, bilabiati, »quales. Pappus
paleaceus, brevissimus, polypbyllus. D. Don Mss.
Descr. Involucrum 5-phyllura (nunc
mucronatis. raqualibns. Recepta f i u m
exteriores» periph®ric®, simplici ordine digest®, foliace®, dilatat®,
c u e .X t® ,’l r g ‘iuibus ciliati^ feré - » 7 ^ -
sigillatim quasi involucello proprio, includentes, ap ce icat»;
mucroniiloque instruct®, extus basi gibbosá, reticiilatim varíeos®.
ceter® interiores, lineari-lanceolat®, scariosi^ ‘’“ f ’l!,fh e rra a
acuminato simplici, v. bi-aut tricuspidato.
phroditi, bilabiati, submquales (peripliericis paulo
pilosiusculi : ZaZiio exteriore ligulato. tndenticulato. P ^ “ ?
multo minore, profunde bipartito,
tis : tubo limbo breviore, apice paululùm dilatato.
laria, teretia, glabra, elastica, articulo manifesto. . I n íW coali » ,
iTav®; appeiidieulá iineari-lanceolatá, aoutá, albá. anther® ps.is
longitudine terminat®, basi longè biset® : seíu
atis. Stylus filiformis, l®vis, basi bulbosus.
linearibus, compressis, extus bisulcatis, apice
hispidulo. parúm dilatato. Aehema difformia ; ruarginaha obovata
dorso gibbosa, l®via; disci pentágona, minuto f 3 ”
uniformis, paleaceus, brevissimus, polypbyllus :
mucronatis, ciliatis, rigidis, simplici seno contigms,
basi solutis.—Herba (Cliilensis) erecta, ramosa, vtrens, co p ifig lu n
duloso-villosa, temporeflorendiformosa, odorem moscho
lens- radice fibrosi, annui. CmXxs teres, flexuosìn, spitham(Bus, v.
pedàlis; in hortis tamen sapi ò pedes attingens. Folia r® '
funde runcinato-pinnatifida, suprà opaca, sublùs ^
/icaria ■ in Itortis sapi spitliamaa v. pedalia ; caulinis superioribus
basiaurieulati amplexicaulibus; segmentis
undulatis. lobatis, aeutique dentatis. flo re s
celiati. Involucrumfoliaceum, virens, hirtellum. Flosculi plures (U
16) singulo involucro, nivei. D. Don Mss.
Gastrocarplia runcinata. D. Don Mss.
“ The Labiatiflorcp, constitute an interesting group,
allied on one hand to the CichoracecB, and on the other to
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