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multis brevibus, disco paleis laiiceolatis rigidis, acheino glabro, papjio 

 paleaceo. 



A perennial herb, with slender terete pubescent ascending 

 branchlets. Leaves small, distant, crenate, pubescent. Hcaila 

 depresso-globose, 5 in. in diam. Involucre -^ in. long, densely 

 hairy ; bracts broad, greenish, foliaceous. Palese of tlie disk rigid, 

 lanceolate, ^ in. long. Achene subcylindrical, glabrous, ^^r in. 

 long ; pappus coronitbrm, paleaceous. — Baron 4743 ! 



Temis'olepis, genus novum Compositarum tribus Helianthoideae. 



Capitula multiflora homogaina, floribus oiunibus tubulosis hermapbro- 

 ditis. Involucrum campanulatuin, bracteis pauciseriatis oblongis acutis 

 rigidulis adpressis. Receptaculum planum, paleis rigidulis laceratis flori- 

 bus sequilongis prseditum. Corollae tubulosae, apice breviter quinquefidae. 

 Anthera; basi baud caudatae. Styli rami breves complanati. Achaenia 

 glabra cylindrica quadrangula, pappo obscuro coroniformi minute dentato. 



Allied to E^allage^ from which, it differs by its liomogamous 

 flowers, large lacerated bracts of the receptacle, and obscure 

 minutelj'-toothed pappus. 



Tem5^olepis sCROPnuLABiJEFOLiA, BaJcev. 



An erect much-branched annual, wnth slightly pubescent 

 slender stems, 1-2 ft, long. Leaves few, alternate ; petiole |-| in. 

 long; blade cordate-deltoid, obtuse, coarsely irregularly crenate, 

 1-1| in. long, thin in texture, green on both sides, obscurely 

 hispid. Heads few, laxly corymbose at the end of the numerous 

 branches; peduncles long, erect, glandular-pubescent, generally 

 naked. Involucre campanulate, \ in. in diam. ; paleae few, rigid, 

 oblong, subequal, pubescent, obtuse or cuspidate. Flowers each 

 subtended by a tough whitish bract, latcerated at the apex, as long 

 as the involucre and flower. Corolla yellow, subcylindrical, ^V 

 in. long, glandular downwards, constricted above the base. Stylea 

 not exserted. Achene as long as the corolla, clavate, greenish, 

 glabrous, 4-angled, the pappus only an obscurely minutely toothed 

 ring. — Baron 4303 ! 



GtNTJRA S05CHIF0IiIA, U. Sp. 



G. caule brevi dense piloso, foliis membranaceis lyrato-pinnatis,peduneulo 

 elongato glanduloso-piloso, capitulis parvis copiose corymboso-paniculatis, 

 paniculac raniis dense pilosis, involucre oblongo bracteis linearibus, flori- 

 bus involucro aequilongis, achenio glabro cylindrico, pappo albo fragili. 



A perennial herb, with short densely pilose erect simple stems. 

 Pfttinlft 1-2 in, longr: blade consistincr of a larce ovate terminal 



