TAB. 345.
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PULICARIA GRANDIRENT AT A, Nob.
PULICARIA, Gærtn. — Confer supra, p. 65.
Subgenus DECACIIÆTA, Nob. — Confer supra, p. 67.
S ectio II. Pappus internus albidus.
PULICARIA GRANDIDENTATA, Nob.
Suffruticosa. Partibus herbaceis glànduloso-puberula simulque villosula. Foliis tenuibus, viridibus,
planis, fixauriculatis, breve petiolatis, lanceolatis v. lanceolato-oblongis v. rbombeo lanceolatis, acu-
tis,, serrato-v. repando-dentatis. Pedunculis terminalibus(v. deraum alaribus), monocephalis, elongatis,
subebracteatis, gracilibus, sæpissime geminis v. ternis cyraulosis. Caia'thidiis lato-campanulatis, longe
radiatis. Anthodii squamis lanceolato-linearibus, subulato-acuminatis, serrulato-ciliolatis, inæqualibüs
(ab extimis brevissimis ad intimas gradatim longioribus), imbricatis. Reoeptaculo alveoloso, dissepi-
mentis dentatis. Achæniis laxe setulosis, cornpressiusculis, subcolumnaribus, 6-8-costulatis.
Suffrutex rarnis vetulis (speciminibus obviis summitatibus solum decerptis) lignosis aphyllis teretibus, partibus herbaceis
glanduloso-puberulus (glandulissphæricis v. subclavatis, inæqualiter stipitulatis, siccitate albidis opacis , oculo uudo puncti-
formibus) simulque pilis brevibus eglandulosis mollibus sæpe flexuosis plus’ minusve villosus. Rami novelli terete's v. ro-
bustiores angulati, istriati, foliosi, virgati, substricti, plerumque tenuiores calamo anserino, ineunte flora done simpliccs et
pedunculis 2 v. 3 (interdum pedunculo.spiitario) terminati, perinde modo irregulariter paniculati, modo dichotomi v.
subdichotomi, modo cymoso-v. corymboso-ramulosi. R amuli ramo plus minusve tenuiores at cætero similes eodemque modo
florigeni et varie compositi, erecti, plus minusve divergentes, adjectis pedunculis demum 1/2-1-pedales. Evolutio decrescenti-
centrifuga. F olia (ex sicco profunde viridia, subtus pallidiora) alterna, herbacea, tenuia,opaca, plana, pennivenia (costa venisque
supra impressis parum conspicuis, subtus prominentibus), lanceolata, v. lanceolato-oblonga, v. rhombeo-lauceolata, acuminata,
v. sensim acutata, serrato-v. eroso-dentata (dentibus æqualibus v. sæpius inæqualibus, deltoideis v. subrolundatis,
calIoso-cuspidulatis),in petiolum angustata, secus basinintegerrima,marginibus ciliolata, supra parcius quam subtus glandulosa
et nonnisi juvenilia villosa. PETioLus-(duplo saltern laminabrevior, interdum brevissimus) tenuis, modo late alatus modo mar-
ginatus. Folia ramealia majora (inferiora) a-3 pollices longa. Folia ramularia nunc ejusdem fere dimensionis ac folia ramealia,
nunc minora (interdum ad summum 1/2 pollicem longa), in eodem ramulo plerumque fere isometra et æquidistantia ; summa
interdum multo minora et remotiora integerrima. Pedunculi 2-3 pollices longi, monocephali, graciles, teretes, striati t
dense glanduloso-puberuli, terni (rarius solitarii v. gemini), subfastigiati, erecti, stricti, ebracteati v. remote bracteati,
ineunte floratione terminales et axillari-subterminales, postea rami v. ramuli evolutione ulteriori laterales v. subalares ;
fructiferi apice fistulosi et subdilatati. B racteæ herbaceæ, glanduloso-puberulæ, pleræque minimæ subulatæ v. lanceolato-
lineares (inferiores interdum lanceolatæ et foliis summis similes), aliæ sparsæ, aliae secus pedunculorum apicem subap-
proximatæ, interdum subnullæ. Calathidia solitaria (in quovis pedunculo), erecta, innumeriflora, majuscula ( dimensione
calathidiorum Pulicarice Dyssentericoe), subebracteata v. bracteis paucis anthodii squamis similibus stipata, lato-campa-
nulata, heterogama, longe radia ta ; floribus radialibus foemineis, ligulatis, numerosis, uniserialibus, floribus disci subsemel
longioribus; disci planiusculi floribus hermaphroditis , tubulosis, regularibus. Anthodium 3-4 lineas altum, discum subæ-
quans, radio subsemel brevius, 5-7-seriale, polyphyllum, imbricatum, squarrosulum. Squamæ inæquilongæ (ab extimis
brevissimis ad intimas gradatim longiores), subconjformes, subcoriaceæ, planiusculæ, lutescentes , carinato-uninerviæ (nervo
viridi, crasso), angustæ, lineari-lanceolatæ, subulato-acuminatæ, facie glabræ, dorso ad nervum dense glanduloso-puberulæ
simulque villosulæ, marginibus (saltern a medio sursum) irregulariter serrulato-ciliolatæ, apice plus minusve recurvæ.
R eceptaculum orbiculare, modice convexum, glabrum, alveolosum; septis irregulariter dentatis. Corolle flavæ, extus
sparsim glandulosæ, cætero glabræ. Corolla florum radialium 5-6 lineas longa. Tubus filiforinis, limbo dimidio brevior;
limbus lineari-liguliformis, plus minusve revolutus, apice tridentatus : dentibus snbæqualibus, brevissimis, obtusiusculis.
Corolla florum disci circiter 3 lineas longa, filiformi-obconica, basi angustata, apice quinquedentata : dentibus subæ