es Tas. 4232. 
BARNADESIA Rossa. 
Rose-coloured Barnadesia. 
Nat. Ord. Compos.-MuTISIANZ.—SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum homogamum. Jnvol. turbinatum multi- 
seriale imbricatum, squamis interioribus radiantibus. Recept. paleis tenuissimis 
iliformibus spiraliter tortis dense vestitum. Flores aut dissimiles, exteriores 
biligulati, labio externo amplo 4-dentato int. filiformi, centrales tubulosi 5-den- 
tati, aut omnes bilabiati. Stam. filam. aut omnium aut exteriorum monadelpha! 
Anthere ecaudate. Achenium turbinatum dense sericeo-villosum. Pappus 1- 
serialis, nunc ubique plumosus, nunc in peripheria plumosus in disco setis hir- 
sutis subrigidis constans.—Frutices in Amer. austr. habitantes. Aculei sepius 
stipulares subulati gemini. Folia alterna integerrima mucronata. Capitula termi- 
nalia. Cor. purpuree villoso-sericee. Pappus et recept. pili fulvi. De Cand. 
BaRNADESIA rosea; capitulis solitariis ovato-cylindraceis pubescentibus sessi- 
libus, flosculorum labio altero oblongo emarginato extug villoso altero fili- 
formi, flore tubuloso centrali nullo, filamentis liberis, pilis receptaculi haud 
tortilibus, pappo rigido plumoso. Lindl. 
BaRNavEstA rosea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843. p. 29. 
This singular and beautiful genus was named, by Linneus, in 
honour of a Spanish botanist, Michael Barnadez. ight spe- 
cies are characterized in the Prodromus of De Candolle, but, 
so imperfectly, that though probably the present 1s included 
among them, I think Dr. Lindley has done wisely in making 
of it a new species, and he has given an excellent specific cha- 
racter, here quoted, and a very characteristic figure. It is a 
native of South America, like all the other species, but its exact 
locality is not noted. All that seems to be known about it is, 
that it first flowered in the Duke of Northumberland’s collection. 
With us it blossoms in the stove in the winter months, and is 
really a plant of great beauty, from the bright deep pink of its 
flowers. I possess specimens of what I consider the same, both 
from Peru and Brazil, and it probably has a very extensive range 
in the continent of South America. ig ee 
Descr. A Shrub, with slender, weak, and, probably, in its wild 
state, trailing stems, rounded, slender, glabrous. Leaves alter- 
MAY, 1846, 
