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PENTANEMA PULICARIÆFORME, Nob.
P E N T A N E M A , H. Cass. — Confer supra, p. 81.
sußGKNus PTILOCHÆTA, Nob.
Pappi setce fimbriato-plumulosee, latiusculce. Pedunculi ramos et ramulos terminantes, crassiusculi.
Radix perennis, lignescens. Rarnulorum et ramillulorum evolulio decrescenti-cenlrifuga.
PENTANEMA PULICARIÆFORMÆ, Nob.
I nula pulicariæformis, D. C., Prodr., vol. 7, p. 284.
Pentanema Aucheri, Boiss., Diagn. Plant. Orient., fasc. 6, p. 75.
Suffrütexràmôsissimus, ex spécimiriibus nobis obviis spithamæus, Jasonioe glutinös ce (D. C.) similis, partibus herbaceis
glandulis minutis punctiformibus (exsicçatione opacis albidis) subclavatis v. globosis stipitulatis puberulus, simulque pilis
brevibüs simplicibus mollibus subintertextis basi conico-moniliformibus lanuloso-villosulus. R adix descendens, demum li-
gnosa, corticata, digiti minoris crassitiem subæquans, subsimplex. R ami novelli e caudice 2-3 pollices longo subdumoso
lignoso corticato irregulariter ramoso ad basin interdum calamum cygneum crasso orti, 5-7 pollices longi, erecti, graciles,
virgati, plus minusve flexuosi, teretes, striatuli, foliosi; in pedunculum monocephalum desinentes, sub indumento
rufescentes v. purpurascentes, nunc racemoso-ramulosi, nunc secus apicem corymboso-ramulosi. R amuli axillares,
erecto-patentes, subfiliformes, parce foliati, sicut ramus pedunculo monocephalo terminati, plerique simplicissimi,
vegetiores au,t ramillulo unico axillari-subterminali aucti, aut cymoso-v. corymboso-ramillulosi ; superiores subfastigiati.
R amilluli ramulo tenuiores, nunc fere aphvlli nnnc foliati, mono-cephali. F olia alterna, sessilia, exauriculata, integerrima,
tenuia (exsiccata fragilia), herbacea, uninervia (nervo supra impresso tenerrimo, snbtus crassiusculo filiformi, surs um sen-
sim attenuato), obsolete pennivenia, opaca, profunde viridia (juvenilia tomento plus minusve indutu et subincana), glandulis
creberrimis viscida, margine plana v. obsolete undulata. Folia ramèalia inferioràobovata v. spathulata, obtusissima v. retusa;
infima minuta (3-6 lineas longa), sequentia majora (pleraque subsemi-pollicaria). Folia ramèalia superiora gradatim'minora,
e basi quasi in brevissimum petiolum angustata ovata v. ovato-oblonga v. ovalia v. oblonga, nunc obtusa nunc acuta; summa
sublinearia v. lanceolato-linearia, minuta. Folia ramularia conformia foliis ramealibus superioribus, at minora. Folia ramil-
lularia pleraque linearia v. lanceolato-linearia. P edunculi solitarii, terminales, monocephali, breves (2-4 lineas longi),
stricti, dense lanulosi, ebracteati, crassiusculi, sub anthodio paruiu dilatati. Calathidia erecta, multiflora, heterogama, bre-
vissime radiata, campanula ta, 3 1/2-4 lineas alta; disco planiusculo, floribus homochromis ^flavis) : radialibus cirçiter 3o,
subuniserialibus, contiguis, foemineis, ligulatis, anthodio vix longioribus ; floribus disci hermàphroditis, regularibus, tubulosis,
floribus radii paululo brevioribus. Anthodium discum subæquans, lato-campanulatum, polyphyllum, subsex-seriale, laxiuscule
imbricatum, subsquarrosum, ebracteatum.SQUAMÆ inæquilongæ (ab extimis brevibüs ad penintimas gradatim,longiores), angustæ,
planiusculæ, muticæ, obsolete uninerviæ, extus dense glanduloso-puberulæ (intimæ exceptæ); intimæ et penintimæ chartaceæ,
scariosæ, albidæ; exterioresherbaceæ. Squamæ extimæ sublineari-filiformes, obtusæ,subpatentes, supra subtusquehirsutissimæ
et glandulis copiosis conspersæ. Squamæ mediæ subulatæ, a basi ad medium v. paulo altius breve ciliatæ, facie glabræ, dorso
nonnisi ad nervum breve villosæ, inde ad apicem simili modo ac squamæ exteriores hirsutæ. Squamæ penintimæ lanceolato-
subulatæ,-breve ciliatæ, apice herbaceo hirsutissimo. Squamæ intimæ paulo breviores at subduplo angustiores squamis pen-
intimis, lanceolato-Bueares, breve ciliatæ, cætero subglabræ. R eceptaculum plano-convexum, modice scrobiculatum; scro-
bicularum marginibus ciliatis. Corolla florum radialium 2-2 1 /2 lineas longa, pappum superans, dorso ad limbi basin sparse
glandulosa et pilosellajcætero glabra. Tubus filiformis, limbo subdimidio longior. Limbus oblongo*v. ovali-liguliformis, quadri-
nervius, reflexus, apice tridentatus:dentibus inæqualibus, deltoideis, acutis. Corolla florum hermaphroditorum i 1/2 lineas
longa, pappo vix longipr, tenerrime quinque-nervia, clavato-filiformis, apice quinque-dentata (dentibus séqualibus, deltoideis,
acutis), extus secus apicem glandulis clavatisconspersa,reliquô glabra. Stamina paulo supra corollæ basin inserta.FiLAMENTAca-
pillaria, glaberrima; articulo-antherifero brevi. A ntheræ lineares, breve caudatæ ; caudis barbato-Iaceris; appendices-terminales
liberæ, lineares, obtusæ,demumplerumque breve exsertæ. St ylus capillaris,, glaberrimus, corollam florum hermaphroditorum
subæquans, tubum corollarum radialium vix superans, basi subincrassatus. Stigmata recta, lineari-filiformia, obtusa, Inulearum
more papillulosa. O varium minutum (sub anthesi vix 1 lineàm longum), columnare, teretiusculum, obsolete pentagonum, esul-
jcuro, ccQStatum, erostrp, ad totam superficiera setulis brevibüs capi 11 tribus com plan at is truncatis v. emarginatis laxe hirtellum,