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foliis lanceolatis inferioribus inferne longe attenuatis rarius 
sinuato-dentatis supremis integerrimis basi amplexicauli- 
- bus, involucro cylindraceo, radice repente. 
Has. Lurin, near Lima. 
OF this, there is only one specimen with a single flower, 
and that not very perfect, so that I refer it, doubtfully, to the 
genus Prenanthes. The root is long and creeping. Lower 
leaves 6-7 inches long; those of the stem 3-4, becoming 
smaller upwards, and amplexicaul. 
II. CARDUACEJE.. 
(* ONoseRIDEX. Kunth.) 
2. Homanthis pinnatifidus; acaulis, foliis pinnatifidis, scapis 
unifloris, foliolis involucri exterioribus dentato-spinosis. 
Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 4, p. 308.—Chetanthera 
. pinnatifida, Humb. et Bonpl. Pl, Æq. v. 2. p. 170. t. 136. 
Has. Mountains, about Pasco. à 
3. Mutisia viciefolia. Cav. Ic. v. 5. p. 62. t. 490. Pers. 
Syn. Pl. v. 9. p. 453. 
Has. Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta, 
Flowers more than 4 inches long. 
Bripcesia, (Nov. Gen.) 
Gey. Cuar. Involucra biserialia, basi unibracteata, plurima 
in globum congesta, triflora; squamis biserialibus, 1 ex- 
terior, 4 interiores. Corolle bilabiate, labio exteriore 
euge 3-dentato : interiore bipartito, laciniis linearibus 
reflexis. Pappus subplumosus.— Herbs Januginosé- 
Flores in capitulis globosis collecti. 
4. Bridgesia echinopsoides, (Tam. XCII.) | 
; A eme. herbaceus, teres, ubique lanuginosus. Folia 
1 bee longa, pinnatifida, basi amplexicaulia, aurita, 
laciniis lato-ovatis, sinuato-dentatis, marginibus subre- 
oe T pee nudiuscula, subtus niveo-tomentosa, nervosa | 
ried axillares terminalesque. Involucra pentaphylla, 
 Squama seu bractea suffulta, in globum unciam 
