rose-colored, five-cleft, the segments linear, patent. Stamens 

 exserted, purplish. Stigmas recurved, purplish, downy. 

 Germen obovate, silky. Pappus, with the outer paleae 

 very narrow, short ; the inner ones capillary and scabrous. 



The present plant was communicated to the Glasgow 

 Botanic Garden from that of Bayswater, under the hitherto, 

 I believe, unpublished name of Vernonia acutifolia, hut 

 without any native country being mentioned ; as, however, 

 I possess the same species, gathered by the late Mr. Boog, 

 near Rio, in Brazil, our plant here figured, in all probabi- 

 lity, is of Brazilian origin also. Its nearest relative is, 

 doubtless, the V. sericea, p purpurascens, figured in the 

 Botanical Register, t. 522: but that has the leaves consider- 

 ably broader, and silky on both sides. Still, the present 

 may possibly prove a narrow and nearly glabrous-leaved 

 variety of it. 



The present plant blossomed in our stove in the month of 

 December : a season when flowers less showy than the pre- 

 sent are always acceptable. 



Fig. 1. Floret. 2. Inner Scale of the Involucre. 3. 3. Outer Scales of 

 ditto. 4. Portion of the outer and inner Pappus. — Magnified. 



