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STEVIA TRACHELIOIDES. ‘'TRACHELIUM- 
LEAVED STEVIA. 
KKK REE EEE KEE E EERE E 
Class and Order. 
SyNnGENESIA AUQUALIS. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composir2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum 5-florum. Invol. cylindricum, squamis 5—6 
acutis acuminatisve subequalibus. Recept.nudum. Ache- 
nium stricto-nervosum angulatumve elongatum. Pappus 
paleis 1-serialibus nunc in iisdem aut seepius in diversis indi- 
viduis omnibus scariosis planis parvis, nunc aliis scariosis, 
aliis (pler. alternis) in aristas 1—5 rigidas margine scabras 
abeuntibus, nunc omnibus (pler. 5—20) in aristas mutatis. 
—Suffrutices aut herbe omnes ex Americé presertim é Mex- 
ico, rarius ex Amer. Merid. Folia infer. opposita, super, 
opposita aut alterna, in omnia ternato-verticillata, linearia 
lanceolata aut ovata, sepius triplinervia integerrima serrata 
aut in unicé trifida. Capitula in corymbum densum laxum- 
ve disposita, rarius subsparsa longius pedicellata. Cor. 
albe, rosee aut purpuree, interdum subochroleuce. De 
Cand. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Srevia trachelioides ; caule herbaceo erecto dense pubes- 
centi-scabrido, ramis oppositis alternisque corymbosis, 
foliis plerisque oppositis basi cuneatis sessilibus me ett 
oribus lanceolatis sepe integerrimis inferioribus 4-plo 
majoribus late ovatis acutis trinervus grosse serratis 
subtus pallidis nervis precipue pubescentibus, involucri 
Sab Gaieh squainis acutis corollisque hispidulis, pappo 
coroniformi dentato. 
Srevia trachelioides. De Cand. Prodr. 5. p. 115. 
Communicated by Mr. Tuomas Grover, from the garden 
of Epwarp Lzeps, Esq., near Manchester, who received the 
seeds 
