H elianthoidea.] LXXXVIII. COMPOSITZE. 311 
acheniorum disci pappi aristis.2 squamellas ssepius paullo superantibus. MxxoTRicuE, Steeiz im 
Peters. Mossamb. Bot, 472. est species ut videtur ei affinis. 
Sect, Actinoptera, DC. (W.. helianthoides, H, B. et K.), ob achenia radii alata, verisimiliter ad 
Zexmeniam referenda est.. 
Sect. Wollastonia. (WorzAstoNIA, DO. in. Dene. Herb. Tün. Descr. 86, Prod. v. 646, Walp. 4nn. v 
217, Wight, Ic. 0.1108), species ineludit 7-8. Asiaticas v. Australasicas.pappo brevissinio inter pilos 
acheniorum abscondito aristaque una rarius altera .brevi eaducissima v. aehseniis omnino calvis. 
Species omnes ceterum eum JWedeliis eonveniunt et Wollastoniam Horsfeldianam, iq. in her- 
bariis Indicis swpissime eum simillima Wedelia wurticifolia eonfusam invenimus. : 
Wedelia serrata, A, Rich. e Cuba, a Grisebaehio primum sub Calydermo demum sub. Tilesie de- 
seripta, habitu peculiari caulibus basi reptantibus ramis aseendentibus, characteres veros JVedelie 
ostendit, pappo brevissimo. ^W. tenuicaulis, Hook. fil. ex ins. Galapagos ad Blainvilleam. referenda 
videtur ; W. aurea, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3384, et W. caracasana, DO., ad Zezmeniam. 
NigpURRIA, Neck. Élem. i. 80, a DC. Prod. vii. 289, dubie ad Wedeliam vefertur. Auctor genus 
Suum distinxit involueri bracteis, in Niebuhria oo linearibus, in Wedelia 4 tantum. Characteres 
dati ad plantas determinandas haud sufficiunt. 
392. mieutheranthera, Poit. ex Bosc in Now. Dict. Hist. Nat. ed. Y, vii. 4908, fide Cass. 
Dict. xxxv. 447. (Ogiera, Cass. Dict. xxxv. 445 ; Wedelia, sect. Aglossa, DC. Prod. v. 
543; Kegelia, Sch. Bip. in Linnea, xxi. 245.)—Capitula homogama, discoidea, floribus 
omnibus 5 fertilibus v. intimis sterilibus v. rarius ligulis paucis minimis neutris hetero- 
gama. Involucrum campanulatum v. ovoideum, bracteis paucis (5-10) parum. inzequali- 
bus, exterioribus apice v. a basi herbaceis. Receptaculum. parvum, convexum, paleis 
membranaceo-seariosis flores amplectentibus onustum,  Corolle regulares, tubuloss, 
limbo. anguste campanulato apice breviter 5-fido. —Anthers basi auriculis minutis 
sagittatz, apice inappendiculate? mucronulate. Styli rami longiuseuli, acuti, dorso hirti. 
Achsmnia obovato-oblonga, crassiuscula, obscure 2-3-angulata, exteriora a dorso interiora 
a latere leviter compressa, apice rotundata. JPappus parvus, cyathiformis ciliato-dentatus 
v. brevissime 2-3-aristatus, basi supra achzenium in collum brevissimum v. annulum con- 
tractus.— Herbs annus, pubescentes v. hirsutz, ramossm. | Folia opposita, petiolata, 
subdentata. Capitula parva, ad apices ramorum in dichotomiis v. in axillis superioribus 
subsessilia. Achsenia pilosula, cceterum levia v. in eodem, specimine plus minus muri- 
cata. " 
^ Species 1, per Americam tropicam sis dispersa. DC Prod.v.0546 (Ogiera). Sch. Bip. in Bot. Zeit. 
1866, 164 et 239 ( Gsmnopsis microcephal gres Walp. Ann. ii. 806). Genus Zspilie valde affine. 
Antherze minus atetó te quam in plerisque Compositis, non tamen liber, in. nostris saltem 
speciminibus auricule bauseos semper connate sunt et anthere ipse sepissime usque ad medium 
— eohszrent. 
9393. AspiHa, Thou. Gen. Nov. Madag. 12. (Coronocarpus, Selwm. et Thonn.- Beskr. 
Gun. Pl. 393; Walp. Ann.ii.845. Dipterotheca, Sch. Bip. im Flora, 1842, 494 ; Walp. 
Rep. vi.145. Wirtgenia, Sch. Bip. l.c. 435 ; Walp. Rep. vi. 146.)—Oapitula heterogama, 
radiata, floribus radii 1-seriatis neutris, disci? fertilibus. Involucrum .ovoideum campa- 
nulatum v. hemisphericum, bracteis 2-3-seriatis, exterioribus a basi herbaceis v. omnibus 
basi rigidis apice herbaceis v. intimis siccis. Receptaculum convexum.v. demum breviter 
conicum, paleis complicatis flores  amplectentibus onustum.  Coroll: radii ligulat:e, 
patentes, integree v. 2-3-dentatw ; regulares, tubuloss, limbo cylindraceo v. anguste 
campanulato apice breviter 5-fido. Antherze basi truncatz integre v. minute 2-dentat»e. 
Styli rami hirtelli, appendicibus acutis brevibus elongatisve terminati.Achswnia radii 
vacua, angusta, s:epius 3-quetra, aristis 1-3-tenuibus superata v. calva ; disci crassa, com- 
pressiuscula, sub-4-gona, exalata, apice rotundato-truncato ; pappo cyathiformi coronata, 
nune ex aristis brevibus rigidisve 2-4 squamellisque intermediis fimbriatis, nunc e 
squamellis solis minimis constante, squamellis aristisque basi in collum seu annulum 
supra achznium constrietum connatis.—Herb:e erectz v. rarius procumbentes, annus 
perennes v. rarius suffrutescentes, scabro-pubescentes strigosse v. hispids. ^ Folia 
omnia cd integra v. dentata. Capitula parva mediocria v. rarius majuscula, ad 
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