MEYfeRA. 26g 



lanceoliitis, obtusiuscui;. , plania , exteroe iQcano-yillosls ; interioribus paulo longioribm. Receptaod- 



i.i:m planiusculum.paleaceum; paleis(/^. 2.) ovatis, acuminotis, albo-lanalis , flosculos hemaphrodilos 

 inferne lovolvemlbus iisque doplo triplove brevloribus, persisieotibus. Flosc«i,i disci circiter i5 

 lubulosi , hermBphroditi , involucro duplo longiores ; radii quioque , ligulali , neutri. Flosculi herma- 

 phroditi (fig. 3, ) : CoHOLi,A alba (?) , glabra ; tubo tenui ; limbo campanulalo , quinquedenlaro ; dentibus 

 ovalis,3culis, enerviis, pilis crassiusculis fimbriato-cilialis. A>THER.fi eisei-iii;, coonatEe , fuscec. Ovarium 

 oblongum , compressum , glabrum. SiYLts glaber, Siigma biparlitum , ewerlum ; laciniis reflexis , acumi- 

 naLs. Akenia (Jig. 4. ) obovato-cnneala , compresso-quadrangul.iria , iKvia, glabra , fusca , lineam looga, 

 apicecalva,palcis receptacuh involula. Sehen (/ig. 5. )obova[o-cuncalum,corapressiuseulum,ererlum, 

 EPISPEHMJUM membranaceum, Conn,EDONES (fig. 6.) plano-conveia; , camosie, Radiccla infera. Floscnli 

 neutn (Jig. y.) : CoHOLtA alba,glabra; tubo lenui ; bgula oLIonga , cmargioato-bidentala , plana, plurl- 

 nervia, 2 1/3 lineas longa. Ovahium mipuluni.sterilo, glabrum, Stvlus el Stighi nulla. 



MEYERA.' ScnREB. SwARTz. R. Brown." 



Cgesulefe spccies Wiild.^ Cryphiospermum. Beauv. Sobreyra. Ruiz. et Pav. 

 Hingstlia. Roxb. ined. Enhydra. Lour.? 



Involuchum oligophyllum , subimbricatum. ReceptAculum conicam , 

 paieaceum. Flosculi disci tubulosi , hermaphroditi ; radii ligulati , feminei ; 

 ligula brevissima. Akenia apicecalva, paleis coriaccis receplacali involuta 

 et arcte imbricata, 



Herbae aqualilcs, .sicpius repenles. Folia opposila, inlegra. Flores termi- 

 nales,alarcs el axillares. 



1. MEYERA m.aritima. t 



M, foliis olilongis, acutis, basi rotuodalis, obsolele scrralis, siibcarnosis, glabris, 

 Cresvit in litore Oceani Pacijici , prope El Callao de Lima, X Floret Februario. 

 Cacles procumbenlcs, repenles ramique ongulali (?), carnosi, ruhri, glaLri, «Uerni, Folia opposita, 

 subsessilia, oblonga, acuta, basi rotundaia , integerrima aut obsolele serrata, subcai-nosa, glabra, sub- 

 poilicaria, Fi.obes terminales aut alares, solitarii, scssiies, magniludine floris Bellidia perennis. Invo- 

 LucHtM aubsemiglobosum , oiigopbyllum; foliolis quinque, laxe imbricatis, subrolundo-ovatis, acntis, 

 subiiilegerrLmis, membranaceis, reticulato- nervosis , glabris; Iribus eiterioribus majoribus , apicem 

 versus obsolete serrulatis, florem ffiquantibus. Receptaculum conicum, paleaceum; paleis obovalo- 

 subrotondis, aplce truocatls, concavis, margine inflexis, bicarinato-compressls, flores inferne invol- 

 venlibus, glabris, demumcori.iceisetomninoincludeotibusfructusatquedeciduisunacum illis, Floscdli 

 discicreberrimi, tubuloai, bermaphroditi; radii complnres, ligulali, femiaei, Flosculi hermaphrodili ; 



> Sckrocarpo affi.iia. 



■ Observ. on Hie ComposiL p. ni3. 



' Ciesulia. Roib. (Ciesulia aiillari») a Mejcra non diffcrr nisi abscmia radii. ■»'■ ■•■-•--{=■■"'■. 



