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DIPLOCOMA villosa.
Villous Diplocomn.
Natural Order. C o m p o s i t a . Adaman fam. % IOS.
Subordo I I I . C A R D U A C E M . -D i v . 6. Asterete. Kth. syn. Z.
DIP LO COM A . /»«o/ucrMOT polyphyllum, imbricatura. Rccepia-
eulum paleaceo-favosum. Flosculi radii
maphroditi. tubulosi. Antherce bast
apice calva; hcrmaphroditis papposa: FW®
vissimo paleaceo ; intenore elongate, piloso. D. Don lYlss.
Dcscr /««o/ucrttm globosum, polyphyllum imbricatum, pilis ar-
ticulatis flaocidis glandulisque plurimis pedicellatis copiosè vestitum.
foliolis linearibus. attenuatis, adpressis, obtuse
culum paleaceo-favosum. Flosculi radit copiosi.
apice obtusè tridenticulati ; disci numerosi, hermaphroditi, tubulosi.
5-dentati. Filamenta capillaria. glabra. Antheree basi rautic®, ap-
oendiculà ovato-lanceolatà terminat®. Stylus teres, l®vis, basi simplici.
Stigmata radiis semicylindrica, obtusa, l®via ; disco Imeari-
Lnceolata! hispidula. Achenia difformia ; radio oblonga, l®via, apice
calva; disco cuneata, sericeo-villosa, papposa; pappus duplex, ck-
Z i o r ’ brevissimus, sctacco-palcaccus ; intenor *.
sraber 6-plò longior, cinereus, siccitate rufescens.—Herba (iVlexi
cana) i^i eLis, pilis longis articulatis patulis glandulisque copiosis
pedicellatis intermixtis vestita, hispidula. Caules erecit,
intus medulà fareta, sesqui-v. hipedalU, crassitie vix ultra penuam
corvinam cequantes. Folia alterna, sessilia,
caulia, oblonga, mucronata, integerrima v. f
sesqui v. tripollicaria, semi-v. unciam i L P
ora lanceolata, acuminata, sensim minora. Flores pedunculati, aurei,
subcorymbosi. D.Don. Mss. ______ ____
Diplocoma villosa. D . Don Mss.
Doronicum villosum. Sesse et Moeinno Mss.
A herbaceous perennial. Stems from a foot to eighteen
inches in height, branched and terminated by a loose corymb
of flowers, striated with numerous longitudinal stripes, some
of which are tinged with purple, densely clothed with spreading
hairs, that are unequal in length Leaves ovately oblong
entire, or occasionally toothed, hairy on both sides and
fringed at the margins ; root ones ovate, obtuse, with a few
bluntish teeth on each side : stem ones sessile clasping the
stem a little at the base, some of them fiddle shaped, others
tapering gradually to the point, which is acute, reticulately
veined ; the upper ones or those on the flower-stalks, sessile,
lanceolate and acute. Corymbs loosely spreading, branched
Peduncles striate, very hairy, thickened near the
flower-head. Flowers large, yellow. Lnvolucre manyleaved,
closely imbricate, villosely hairy : Zea/eis narrowly
linear, terminated by a purple point. Receptacle honey-
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