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PALAFOXIA LINEARIS, LAVENDER-LEAVED 
 PaLaroxia. 
Ce ee ee ae 
Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA, PoLyGaMIA ZQUALIS. 
Generic Character. — 
Cal. oblonga, subimbricata, 8-polyphylla, multiflora. Cor. 
flosculosa, calyce longior: limbo 5-fido. Pappus palea- 
ceus. Recept. nudum. Semina marginalia calycibus involuta. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Pataroxts linearis. Lagasca Gen. et Spee. plant. p. 26, 
Stevia linearis, Cav. prelect. n. 464. 
Aceratom lineare. Cav. ic. 3. p. 3. t. 205. 
Descr. Stem erect, branched; branches rounded, and 
with the whole plant clothed with a villous pubescence. Leaves 
generally alternate, one or two pair on the branches opposite, 
petioled, linear, or linear-lanceolate, revolute at the margin, 
much resembling those of Lavender. Corymbs terminal, few 
flowered. Peduncles erect, naked, or with only here and 
there a minate subulate bracte. Calyx cylindrical: leaflets 
subimbricate, linear, concave, inclosing the germen of the 
outer florets. Tube of the florets nearly half as long again 
as the calyx: limb 5-cleft. Anthers included, stigma exserted, 
revolute, villous. Germen obconical, crowned with a palea- 
oe pappus;: palee of unequal length, the larger ones 
cillate. 
The genus Pataroxta differs from Srevra, according to 
Gasca, in having an oblong, subimbricate, many-flowered 
calyx, spreading when the seed is ripe; in the palee _ 
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