140. COMPOSITZ. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XLIV. Fiee. 5-10. 
Fig. 5,a portion of a plant, natural size; 6, a flower-head ; 7, a flower removed from the involucre ; 
8, a corolla laid open; 9, a stamen; 10, a portion of the pappus : all enlarged. 
3. Lagascea decipiens, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 83. (Tab. XLIV. 
figg. 1-4.) 
Foliis late ovatis subtrinerviis distincte crenato-calloso-dentatis, capitulis numerosissimis aggregatis 
subsessilibus unifloris, floribus puberulis ex involucro villoso subeequaliter dentato vix exsertis, 
acheniis glabris, pappi paleis equilongis longiuscule fimbriatis. 
Frutex vel suffrutex, ramis leviter sulcatis, junioribus molliter albo-pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 
late ovata, subtrinervia, 2~3-pollicaria, distincte crenato-calloso-dentata, acuminata, obtusius- 
cula, utrinque pubescentia, supra vix scabridula. Capitula numerosissima, aggregata, breviter 
pedunculata; involucrum villosum, uniflorum, subzqualiter dentatum, floribus paullo brevius ; 
flores minute puberuli, recti, 5—6 lineas longi.. Achenia glabra ; pappi palez inter se equilonge, 
longiuscule fimbriatz.—L. mollis, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 298, nec Cav. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2056). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XLIV. Fice. 1-4. 
Fig. 1,a portion of a plant, natural size; 2, a flower-head; 3, a flower ; 4, a portion of the pappus : 
all enlarged. 
This is very distinct from L. mollis, to which Schultz had referred it, being a more 
woody plant, with very differently shaped general involucral bracts &c. 
4, Lagascea heteropappus, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 33. 
Foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subtrinerviis supra scabridis subtus sericeo-villosis, capitulis aggregatis 
sessilibus unifloris, involucro inzequaliter dentato longe sericeo-villoso, quam flores pubescentes 
dimidio breviore, acheniis glabris, pappi paleis inter se valde dissimilibus. 
Frutex vel suffrutex, ramis crassiusculis, leviter sulcatis, junioribus albo-villosis. Folia breviter 
petiolata, ovato-oblonga, 2-3-pollicaria, acutiuscula, integra vel denticulata, subtrinervia, supra 
scabrida, subtus molliter sericeo-villosa, alba. Capitula dense aggregata, sessilia, uniflora ; 
involucrum valde sericeo-villosum, inzequaliter dentatum, floribus dimidio brevius ; flores pube- 
scentes, corolla tubo infra medium angusto. Achenia glabra; pappi palee inter se valde 
dissimiles, quarum 2 opposite, lineari-subulatz et ceteris multoties longiores sunt, omnes 
hirsute. 
Mexico, without locality (Parkinson). Hb. Kew. 
This species differs strikingly from the others in its relatively short involucres, and in 
two opposite scales of the pappus being much longer than the others. 
5. Lagascea mociniana, DC. Prodr. v. p. 92; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 571. 
Mexico (Mocino, Henke). 
6. Lagascea mollis, Cav. Ann. Cienc. Nat. vi. p. 333, t. 44; DC. Prodr. v. 
-p. 91. 
Lagascea kunthiana et L. campestris, Gard. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 238. 
Mexico; Nicaragua, Segovia (@rsted).—CuBa, VENEZUELA, &c. to BRazIL, and natu- 
ralized in the East Indies. Hb. Kew. 
