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Centroclinium reflexum. Reflexed- 

 scaled Centroclinium. 



Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Superflua. 



( Nat. Ord. — Composite. Div. Labiatiflor^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Involucrum subglobosum vel cylindraceum arete imbri- 

 catum. Flosculi disci tubulosi, 5-dentati, hinc profundius 

 fissi; radii 7 — 12 bilabiate labio interiore minutissimo 

 bipartite erecto (dein revoluto ?) exteriore longissimo tri- 

 fido. Antherce biaristatas. Stigma integrum. Pappus in- 

 aequalis, scaber. Receptaculum spinulis mollibus hispidum. 

 — Herbal ? v. Frutices Peruviana. Folia petiolata subtus 

 albo-tomentosa. Pedunculi solitarii axillares vel terminates 

 unifiori. Flores fragrantes speciosi : Radius purpureo- 

 roseus. 



Specific Character. 



Centroclinium* reflexum; herbaceum ? foliis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis grosse dentatis, pedunculis bracteato-setaceis, 

 involucri squamis apice reflexis. 



Descr. This appears to be an annual plant from a foot 

 and a half to two feet in height, branched, the branches 

 woolly. Leaves spreading, two to three inches long, ovato- 

 lanceolate, acute, coarsely toothed, gradually tapering into 

 a petiole, woolly and white beneath, above cobwebby, but 

 at length nearly glabrous. Peduncles solitary, terminal, 

 or from the axils of the upper leaves, four to five inches 

 long, woolly, and bearing many subulato-setaceous brac- 



teas, 



* From xwrpoy, a sharp point, and *Ai»/*, the receptacle, from the hard, 

 rigid spinules observed by the anther. 



