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ex ra^ice oblorujns,
excuvatis ,/tn u o sis,
subtus lamtyznes
-rrw ^w yzllosis .
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G E R B E R J foliis ex radice oblongis, excavatis, (inuofis, fubtus
lanugine ruffa villojjs.
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Legans haec planta ex capite craflooblongopappofo inftar quarundam culmiferarura oritur, radices in terram
agens longas, fimplices, vix fibrofâs, nigricantes, folia autem
ipfo ex trunco mox delcripto producens tenui principio, fe-
mifpithamalia, oblonga, utrinque profunde finuofa, feu inftar
Scolopendriae divifa & formata, quae conftant fegmentis
fubrotundis, oppolîtis, craftîs, inferius afpcris, nunc autem
pallidis, nunc vero ferrugineis, inter haec folia floris petiolus
erigitur craflus, rotundus, fpithamalis, Iquamulis hinc inde
obfitus, luperius producens florem amplum, radiatum, difcoi-
deum, calice magno fquammofo, ex foliolis oblongo-acutis,
imbricatim pofitis plurimis conftrudto contentum a, qui flos in
difco ex numerofiflîmis flofculis hermaphroditicis confiât, in
radio autem floribus fingularibus femininis majoribus , oblongis
, viginti quinque plus minusve gaudet, qui in recepta-
culo communi relinquit femina numerofiftîma, oblonga, fufca b,
coronata pappo ciliari utrinque difperfo c. Hujus autem fingu-
laris ac novi generis character latius, & accurate definitur, ac
defcribitur a Linnaeo in Ckar. pl. gen. num. 980. quod noftri
penll nec inftituti eft, omnia autem, quae ad hune feopum
pertinent, ibi poftunt examinari, notatum autem volo, quod
hujus plantae duae fint varietates, una, quae flores producit
luteos, altéra, quam hic exhibemus, flores gerit interne albi—
V J. eantes