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ATHRIXIA capensis. 
Cape Athrixia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. Compositm. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CORYMBIFERÆ. Jussieu gen. Div. IL? 
Composite labiatiflore. Decandolle in ann. du mus. 19. 59. 
ATHRIXIA. Flores radiati. Cal. oblongus polyphyllus subæqualis 
aristatus recurvo-squarrosus, foliolis angustis. Radius plurimus, ffosculis 
bilabiatis : labio interiore minimo integro. Pappus plumosus. Recept. al- 
veolatum. Stigmata disci apice subtruncata subpenicillata. Frutex. Folia 
sparsa, infernè adnata, integra. 
Athrixia capensis. 
Frutex debilis, erectiusculus (tripedalis v. ultrà), diffuse ramosus; rami 
elongati, foliis verticalitér semiadnatis tecti horumque lateribus liberis inter- 
rupte marginati. Folia sparsa, patentia, rigida, crassiuscula, ramo à dimidio 
inferiore adnata, linearia, subulato-acuminata, suprà profunde viridia, nuda, 
convexa cum sulco medio, ambiti scabra et deflexa, subtus tomento arachnoi- 
deo candicantia. Flores rubro-purpurei, radiati, terminales, sessiles, unciam 
diametro excedentes, granulis vagis resinosis ersi, digitis tractati odorem 
spirantes terebinthinam. Cal. oblongus, scariose aristate reflexèque squarro- 
sus, semunciä profundior, basi cuneatus; foliola numerosa, lineari-subulata, 
€quileta, inferiora arcté imbricata lanata virentia, superiora aristä scariosd 
fused recurvá ipsis longiore caudata. RADIUS femineus, bilabiatus, serie 
simplice plurimus, contiguus, extús glandulosé villosus; flosculi inequalis- 
simé bilabiati, labio exteriore lineari-ligulato dentato, vesper? arctè revol- 
vendo, mané iterum explicando, interiore angustissimo, nudo, recurvato, 
stigmatibus breviore; tubus limbo equalis viridis: germ. oblongum, viride, 
Pappo aliquotiès brevius; pappus albus plumosus serie simplici pluri- 
mus; stigmata capillacea, sanguinea, spiralitér replicate, glabra, longius- 
cula: Discus flavescens, hermaphroditus, plurimus, calyci equalis; flosc. 
elavato-cylindrici, faux tubo vix amplior, limbus flavus patens recurvus fauce 
aliquotiès brevior, intüs pruinatus: anth. elongata, flave, filamentis elasticis 
exserende, valvulis 5 pallidis apiculate, basi tenuissime bisetæ; polline gross? 
granuloso: germ. albicans, pilosum, basi spissits barbatum, caterum radii: 
stig*. Jlava, exserta, revoluta, superne pruinosa, apice truncato-subdilatato 
villoso. Recept. angustum, planiusculum, epaleaceum, alveolatum, alveolis 
brevibus membranaceis denticulatis. 
A rare and curious shrub, lately introduced from the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
We do not find a place for it in any genus of the several 
general systems. Whether it belongs to some one esta- 
blished in the tracts on the Composite by the ingenious 
M. Cassini, dispersed in various journals, or not, we are 
