1850 
* OXYURA chrysanthemoides. 
Ox-eye-like Oxyura. 
Nat. ord. Composite. 
OXYURA. De Cand. in Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot. ed. 2. page 259, 
Involucrum simplici serie verticillatum, foliolis herbaceis patentibus basibus suis 
cucullatis piesa e: radii involventibus.  Flosculi radii ferê neutri; pappo. O, 
stylo bilobo, corollá ligulatà trilobá. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi, bracteis 
basi membranaceis apice-herbaceis stipati; pappo O; corollá infundibulari, pube- 
scente, basi paulo gibbosâ ; antheris muticis ; styli ramis subulatis acutis dorso 
villosis. Receptaculum planum. 
Oxyura chrysanthemoides. D, C. in Herb. Hort. Soc. Lond. 
Annua, erecta, ramosa, leviter pubescens. Caulis purpurascens. Folia 
inferiora. pinnatifida, laciniis linearibus obtusis sublobatis ; superiora sen- 
sim magis integra, suprema integerrima, omnia margine scabriuscula. 
Capitula solitaria, pedunculo subclavato tomentoso. Involuerum planiuscu- 
lum, foliolis seriè simplici verticillatis, herbaceis, ligulatis, obtusis, basi 
ovaria flosculorum radialium involventibus ; angulis dorsalibus hispido-echi- 
natis. ' Ligulee lato-oblonge, involucro paulo longiores, trilobe, basi lutee, 
‘apice pallide. Flosculi disci infundibulares, ovario compresso glabro calvo 
(incuria pictoris pessimê representatur hirsutum pappo irregulari setoso) ; 
tubus teres basi paululum gibbosus, pubescens, limbi erecti longitudine, 
Paleze receptaculi membranacee, pilose, apice herbacea, barbate, corol- 
larum ferê longitudine. 
A new genus of Composite, placed by M. De Candolle, in 
his catalogue of the genera of that order in the second edition 
ofmy Natural System of Botany, in the subdivision Madie®, 
of the division Galinsogex, of the subtribe Heleniew, of the 
tribe Senecionidese, of his first series Tubuliflore, which nearly 
answers to the Corymbifer of Jussieu. 
. * It is supposed that this word is formed from obvc, sharp, and ovpa, a tail, but 
its application is not obvious. | 
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