distinct genus, and was named Sfokesia in compliment to Dr. 
Jonathan Stokes, M.D., of Dublin, and Fellow of Trinity Col- 
lege there.. 
Drscr. Herbaceous, perennial, having a branching, erect, 
somewhat tomentose, terete stem; branches often purplish. Leaves 
lanceolate ; radical ones entire, tapering below into long flattened 
stalks ; the cauline ones gradually become sessile towards the 
upper part of the branches, and those have a few teeth on each 
side near the base; uppermost semiamplexicaul. Jnvolucre of 
many, imbricated, broad /eaflets, terminated by a harsh, leafy, 
spreading and reflexed, ciliated extremity, which gives a squarrose 
appearance to the involucre ; the cilia are firm and subspinulose ; 
the lowermost leaflets more resemble the upper leaves, being large 
and not ciliated. Receptacle fleshy, naked. Head of flowers 
very large, purplish-blue. /orets very numerous ; outer ones the 
largest and subradiate, and more densely cleft at the extremity. 
Achenia four- or five-sided. Pappus of four or five linear-lan- 
ceolate paleaceous scales. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the receptacle. 2. Outer floret. 3. Apex of style :— 
magnified. 
