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TRIXIS AURICULATA. AuricuLaTep TRIxis. 
Glase.tind: Ordigiitee *: 
SyncenesiA Potyeamia ALQUALIs. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. Div. Lapiatirtor2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum polyphyllum, bracteatum. Receptaculum 
nudum seu subpilosum. Flosculi omnes equales (bilabi- 
ati), labio exteriore trifido, mteriore bifido. Anthere basi 
bicalcarate. Pappus sessilis, seaber. Spreng. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Trixis auriculata; fruticosa, foliis sessilibus auriculatis 
pubescentibus subtus tomentosis sparse denticulatis, 
paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque divaricatis pau- 
cifloris. ‘ 
Perpicium Brasiliense. Graham in Jameson’s New Journ. 
of Science, 1827, p. 387. 
| Descr. ‘“ Stem woody, round. Bark brown, cracked. 
| Branches green, woolly, flexuose. Leaves scattered, at 
| length revolute from the apex, sessile, winged, lanceolate, 
ciliato-denticulate, pale green, densely pubescent above, 
covered with yellowish, short tomentum below, glutinous ; 
wings rounded, quite entire, stem-clasping, at first spread- 
ing flat, afterwards revolute in their edges. Pedunele ax- 
illary, generally supporting three flowers, round, about 
half the length of the leaves, spreading, and afterwards 
divaricated ; pedicels spreading, at length divaricate, as 
Well as the peduncles, pubescent ; one of the pedicels is 
generally provided about its middle with a small ovate leaf. 
The Peduncles, Pedicels, and reflected Calyx become brown, 
and long remain attached to the plant. Flowers nodding : 
Calyx persiating, calycled, cylindrical, green, of eight equal 
linear-lanceolate keeled scales ; calycle persisting, of five or 
six 
