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Fruticulus habitu ericoideo, demum subpalmnris (hormis jam florigeuus et hoc statu plantain simulans annuam gracilem
pumilam), cæspitosus, ramosissimus, irregulariter dichotomus, nunc erectus nunc subdiffusus, partibus herbaceis hispidùlus
(setulis albidis, inæqualibus, eglandulosis, subulatis, nodulosis, nunc strictis nunc subflexuosis, basi incrassatis) simulque
glandulis minimis (oculo uudo inconspicüis) stipitulatis v. sub sessilibus demum deciduis conspersus (sub lente modice augente
quasi guttulis resinosis punctulatus). R adix descendent, parce ramosa, demum lignosa, corticata, individuis vetulis 3-6 pol-
hce?, longa et,calamum cygneum crassa,'Collo incrassata. Caules vetuli lign.osi, corticati, aphylli, foliorum:.jam delapsorum
basi persistente indurata quasi tuberculosi, teretes, crassitie calami corvini v. teuuiores (raro crassiores)„tortuosi, ascendentes
v. deöumbentes, irregulariter v. subregulariter dichotomi, secus basin radicantes. Cortex sublævigatus v . rugulosus,
demum glaber et cinereo-ferrugineus. R amuli florigeni terminales v . subterminales, erecti v. âscendentes, indefinite
dichotomi,'cohfertissime foliosi, sæpe ramillulos gemmiformes.' v. abbreviates steriles axillares agentes, graciles, subfiliformes,
teretes, albo-tomentosi, modo abbreviati modo elongati, ineunte floratione pedunculo unico perinde alari v. subalari termi-
nati. Folia sessilia, semi-amplexatilia, vdridia, coriacea, crassiuscula, rigida, plana v. subsemi-teretia, patentia v, reflexa,
conferta, avenia, subenervia (nervo supra vix - conspicuo, subtus supra basin crassam gibbosam attenüato, infra medium
evanes'cehte), integerrima, e dilatata basi linearia v. spathulato-linearia (infinia obovato-v. spathulato-oblonga), obtusa v.
aq^tiusçul.9, mutica, ciliata (juniora etiam in.utraque pagina sparsim hïspidula), in quovis ramulo pleraque subæquilonga
(speciminibus aliis 4-6 lineas longa,.aliis seme] ,v. dimîdio breviora), supra plana v. canaliçulata. Folia inferiora (v, interdum
etiàm superiora) opposita, v. terno-verticillata, v. q ua terno -sub vertici 11 ata. Folia superiora plerumque sparsa. Pedunculi
terniiriaies, solitarii, monocephali, filiformes, elongati (pleruraquë 1-1 1/2 iiiterdum 2 pollices, v. sblûm 1/2 pollicem longi),
strictî,. érecti, striatuli, ebracteati, albo-tomentelli v. laxe lanulosi, sub lente glandulosi. Calathidia fére hemisphterica,
solitaria in quovis pedunculo, dimensione calathidiorum Bellidis annuoe, erecta, multiflora, heter'ogama, radia la ; floribus
radialibus circiter 20, uniserialibus, foemineis, ligulatis ; disci hemisphærico-convexi. floribus numerosis (circiter 5o-6o),
liermaphroditis, regularibus, tubulosis. Anthodium 2 lineas altum,1 discum subæquans, radio subduplo brevius, pelviforme,
subquinqueseriale, ebracteatum, v. bracteis paucis minutis stipatum, imbricatum, circiter 3o-35-phyllum. Squamæ
inæquilongæ (ab extimis brevissimis ad penintimas gradatim longiores), heteromorphæ, subcoriaceo-herbaceæ, coloratæ
(violaceo, stramineo et viridi variegatæ), planiusculæ, ecarinatæ, obsolete uninerviæ, acutæ v. obtusæ, muticæ, marginibus
albido-submembranaceæ, fimbriatæ. Squamæ exteriores ovatæ vi ovato-lanceolatæ mediæque oblongo-lanceolatæ v. oblongæ
dorso villosulæ et glanduloso-puberæ. Squamæ intimæ et penintimæ circiter 20, subæquilongæ, inæquilatæ, glabræ v. dorso
juxta apicem parce villosulæ, lanceolatæ, v. lanceolato-oblongæ. R eceptaculum depresso-liemisphæricum, areolatum, gla-
brùm, punctato-papillosùm. Corollæ heterochromæ, extus parce pilosellæ. Corolla florum radialium 3 1/2-4 lineas longa,
.pappum longe superans, ex sicco violacea v. lilacina. Tubus brevis, iiliformis. Limbus anguste lineari-liguliformis, tenerrime
quadri-nervius, obtusus, integerrimus v. obsolete retusus, reflexus, demum revolutus v. contortus. C orolla florum
hkrmaphroditorum vix ultra 1 lineam longa, pappum paululo superans, flavescens, infundibuliformis, quinquedentatî|.
.Tubus breyis, fîliformis. Limbus campanulatus, tubo duplo longior; dénies æquales, breves, deltoidei, obtusi, marginibus
incrassati,- sub anthesi reflexi. S tamina summo corollæ tubo inserta, limbo æquilonga v. paululo longiora. F ïlamenta
capillaria, glaberrima, antheris æquilonga; articuliis-àntheriferus"brevis, crassiusculus. A ntheræ lineares, ecaudatæ, basi
obtusæ; appendices terminales brevissimæ, liberæ, ovatæ, acutæ. Ovarium minimum, obeompressum, sublineare, incrassato-
marginulatum, hirteliura, érostre, generis more annulo pappigero. coronatuip. Nectarium minimum. Stylus glaberrimus,
capillari-filiformis, rectus, basi subincrassatus, floribus foemineis brevissimus, vix corollæ tubum æquans, floribus herma-
phroditis elongatus, corolla paulo brevior. Stigmata florum foemineorum exserta, lineari-filiformia, acuta, plana, exappen-
diculata, subincurva, marginibus utrinque minutissime papillulosa. Stigmata florum heRmaphroditorum breve exsèrta v.