TERBESINA. 2Q( 



Ihis generi adnumeratam , ac profeclo ob habitum , involucrum squarrosum 

 nonnullosque alios ciiaracteres utrique, nec non Verbesinis atque Salmiis 

 valde iiropmquam , ut gcnus dlstingui posse existimavi. Differt prKsertim a 

 B.dente et Spilanthe per involucrum imbricatum , a Salmia et Spilanthe 

 per receptaculum convexum. An rectius Verbesinis associanda? Certenon 

 d.versa est nisi habitu, involucri structura et radii absentia. 

 Etvmologia. Ex 7rA.T; latum ct ir,,;. ala. 



1. X i^jYx i±-n:.nia cnocATA. 

 E.den, „„o.,a. C»,.. ic. , . p. 66. ,. gg. Sp. pl. ed. W. 3. ;,. , j,3. ( „,c,. >rilhl ) 

 ^pUanthus crocatiis. C«W. 6o(. mflg. ;. 1627. 

 Cre.cit prop, Tasco Me^icanorum, aU. g,5 7.«. ,; Florct Aprili. 



. '';"'""'''^'""°''''.^^"'«0PP0SiHs,quadraQgulanbus,s[rialis,giacruiramuiisuisp,. 

 .UBu.i..l.lis,Fouxopposila,pe,i„lau,dcJt„ideo-o,al.,.cuU,irresularitcrJealal.,reiiculalo- 



PLATYPTERIS cnocATA. 



. '6. '■ 9!). Sp. pl 

 crocatus. Curi. bol.mag.t. 1627. 



^-" "^'co Mexicartorum , att. g\i 



tpedalia, ramosa ; ramis oppositis, quadraogularibus, strialis, glabris; ramulis liispi- 

 icida ui ■ ^ ','°''.''°""'l""°'"''''''"°'''''°-"'"'',"='"">''-'-"'e"li'™''dont.t.,reiiculaio- 

 PrnoNcn,', .' ^!,' i"- '^'l,'-'"' ^*^"'"'!"''""''- ^'■°^^^ lermin.les.utaxill.res , solitarii, longe pedunculati , erecti. 

 PEni,coiis s«bl.,poll.c.ris, str.atus, teretiusonlus, rillo.o-pnbesoens, c.ne.cens. I, voi.oc,„, heii.ohle 



nuhese.n,.',™h "'"■,' ''"'"' '"'"il'". , nniner.ii, , carinati,, ,cariosis , albiji, , oarin. .pice,n.e 



vZerori 1 °" °' "*"'"'•'""• ■'»"'<' longioribus, pnbescentibus, Fnoscct, creberrimi , in- 



"S"""'*'''"'"'"* '"■'"'■>.', bermaphroiliiLConoLLA.urantiaea.iubulosa sunerne amnliata 



snner,.»„, 1 ■ noeare. hrrLus glaber. Stig.ma biparlitum, exsertnm; lacinii, elongalis 



ZrrhnerTr''''' '""'■'''"■ *''™''"°'''°"''''"''^°°'P'»'''P'"°"".°''''i;i"=»"'''~ 



, 'me ,ode .,ne. „rom.„.„|, nolatnm, glabruni, nigric.ns , apice bi.rislatum, du.s el d.midi.m 



i , scaLris , akei 



TJbus, persisteniibus. 



c - , ' ' — ""■'J "■oiOMDus, persistenlibus. 



bf ecm.n a me v.snm male conserv.tnm, i„ plania ncsir, vere eadem ac Bidcn, cr.cata Cav.7 



VERBESINA. Lwn. 



I^VOLUCRUM polyphyllum, itnbricatum. Hecewaculum convexiusculum , 

 paleaceum. Floscol, disci crebri , tubulosi, hermaphroditi ; radii ligulati, 

 lemme, , rarissime nulli. Axenia compresso-complanata , alata , emarginata , 

 b.ar.slata; aristis persistentibus. 



Herba:, rarius frutices aut arbores. Folia alterna, interdum inferiora 

 oppos..a subsessilia et sa=pe decurrentia. Flores terminales , corymbosi, 

 rarms sol.tarii. Radius sapissimc flavus. .... 



Nov. GlN. EX SPliC. TOMUS IV. ^ '"' 



