142 COMPOSITA. 
67. DESMANTHODIUM. 
Desmanthodium, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1116; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p- 345. 
Herbaceous plants, restricted to Mexico and Central America. 
1. Desmanthodium guatemalense, Hemsley, n.sp. (Tab. XLV.) 
Arborescens, glabrescens, ramis ultimis glaucis crassiusculis, foliis amplis subsessilibus utrinque 
longe attenuatis, capitulorum glomerulis numerosis, floribus glabris hermaphroditis longe stipi- 
tatis corollis feemineorum tubulosis apice irregulariter dentatis. 
Arbor vel herba arborescens, ramis ultimis crassiusculis, teretibus, glaucis, internodiis quam folia 
brevioribus. Folia opposita, membranacea, subsessilia, ovato-lanceolata, usque ad 9-pollicaria, 
utrinque insigniter attenuata, calloso-denticulata, primum minutissime puberula sed cito gla- 
berrima et nitida, subtriplinervia, subtus pallidiora. Capitula heterogama, discoidea, pauci- 
flora, sessilia, glomerata; glomeruli ad 6-capitulati, cymoso paniculati; ramuli oppositi, basi 
bracteati, crassi, lineatim purpuracei, bracteis subscariosis, oblongis, striatis, 3-4 lineas longis 
instructi; involucri bracteze 6-8, subscariose, late ovate, longitudinaliter striate, floribus lon- 
giores ; flores glabri, hermaphroditi longe stipitati, feemineorum corollz omnino tubulose, apice 
irregulariter dentate vel rupte. Achenia matura non visa. 
GuatEeMALA, Volcan de Fuego, at 6000 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XLV. 
Fig. 1, an involucral bract ; 2, a female flower enclosed in the bracteole ; 3, the same divested of the 
bracteole ; 4, an hermaphrodite flower; 5, a stamen, 6, a pistil, from the same; 7 , an her- 
maphrodite flower on its stalk. 
2. Desmanthodium ovatum, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub tab. 1116. 
South Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca, 7000 to 8000 feet (Galeotti, 2081), Mt. San 
Felipe (Andrieux, 319). Hb. Kew. 
3. Desmanthodium perfoliatum, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1116. 
Sout Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca, 4500 feet (Galeotti, 2050). Hb. Kew. 
68. CLIBADIUM. 
Clibadium, Linn. Mant. p. 161; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 345. 
About fifteen herbaceous or half-shrubby species, peculiar to America. 
1. Clibadium acuminatum, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘Sulphur, p. 114. 
CenTRaL America, Cocos Island (Barclay). Hb. Kew. 
2. Clibadium asperum, DC. Prodr. v. p. 506. 
Baillieria aspera, Aubl. Pl. Guian. ii. t. 317. 
SourH Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 2269), Mirador (Linden, 725) ; 
Guatemala, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 81); Nicaragua, Rio San Juan (Grsted, 108). 
Hb. Kew. 
