Tas. 5067, 
ISMELIA Broussonetul. 
Broussonet s Ismelta. 
Nat. Ord. Composit#.—SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum ; froribus radii uniserialibus, 
femineis fertilibus lingulatis 8-10- (imo in J. carinata 12-14-) striatis, apice 
rotundatis vel levissime et obsolete tridentatis (in J. carinata quandoque pro- 
funde emarginatis) ; ¢ubo granulato hirto, pilis seepe glanduliferis, intime cum 
achenio concreto (vel in J. carinata articulatim juncto) ; floribus disci innumeris, 
hermaphroditis, tubulosis, quinquedentatis, punctis resinosis vel pilis glanduliferis 
ice in appendicem 
obsitis. Jnvolucrum hemispheericum, imbricatum ; sguamis ap 
magnam scariosam expansis. Receptaculum nudum, elongato- vel depresso-coml- 
cum (vel in J. carinata plano-convexum). Achenia difformia, concoloria ; radia 
fertilia, crassa, turbinato-triangulari, alata, alis cum pappo coroniformi, margine 
scarioso, quandoque rudimentario (imo in I. Broussonetic tantum dentibus paucis 
robustis parte interiore) ; disci pleraque sterilia, compressiuscula, aneipitia, bi- 
alata, alis lateralibus cum pappo coroniformi margine scariosis.—Suffratices 
Canarienses et Mauritanici, glabri vel-hirti, foliosi, ramosi ; foliis pinnatifidis, in 
petiolum integrum vel dentatum angustatis ; pedunculis elongatis, radio albo, disco 
flavo (in I. carinata radio albo-flavescente, disco atro-purpureo). 0. HH. Schultz — 
Bipont. 
ee eecauenls 
o-pedalis_ glaber vel hirtus, foliis 
IsMELIA Broussonetii ; suffruticulus spithame ; 
m dentatum, achenlis dis¢ch 
obovato-oblongis profunde pinnatifidis in petiolu 
striato-costatis bialatis. C. H. Schultz. | 
IsmEtra Bronssonetii. C. H. Schultz Bipont. in Webb, Phytogr. Canar. P- 274. , 
t. 95. f. 3, 5, and 9 (Argvranthemum pinnatifidum, Webb, on plate). 
Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 6. p. 202. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM pinnatifidum. Brousson. Herb. (fide Webb). 
CurysantuEemum Broussonetii. Balbis, Oat. H. Taur. (1850), p- 20- De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 6. p. 66. a 
Pyrerarum Broussonetii. Choisy in Buch. Canar. p- 149. Spreng. Syst. Peger 
v. 3. p. 584. 
Preerarum adauctum. Link in Buch. Canar. 19-181 (eacl. loco natal Madera, 
Webb). 
oS eee 
: ‘no to the “Ox-eye ” 
This Canarian plant, although belonging ch in the habit of 
group of Composite, which we are too mu 
looking upon as coarse weeds, is really a handsome rng ge 
to our gardens, till we raised it from seeds at Kew, sen : 
AvGusT Ist, 1858. 
