1-2-31 Compositae. -1 v fr. Cult. Mediteraneo Hotel. Basal lvs thick & leathery, reniform, the one measured 8½in long x 15 in wide, deeply cordate, the sinus being bordered by edge & same character as petiole (formed & confluent veins), the +-15 palmate nerves conspicuous v light colored above, pro- jecting beneath. & dark green, glabrous skining above, dull & grayish beneath with remains of flocculent pubescence. Petiole long v about (1½ inches) faint & about 3½ in thick with remains of flocculent pubescence. No observations as to whether there were st. lvs. Infl. branched, each branch sub. extended by lanceolate bract (lower ones 1¾ in, the upper ones much smaller). Already on peduncles 3/4-2 in long, naked or with 1-2 small linear bracts similar to the 1-3 or 4 very small bracts usually found at base & involucle. Involucle 14 mm high of a single series of linear, thick bracts united at base, some with wide thin edges on both or only one side which are overlapped by a bract without thin edge (or but on only 1 side). Bracts stiffly upright in fl but deflexed after fr. is shed & no longer closely overlapping. Receptacle naked, flat about 6 mm diam., jotted with rather fleshy tooth-like projections between achenees. After fr. is shed receptacle is hemispherical & arows remains