190 Mr. D. Don’s Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
reo-lanata, lana villosà nunc lutescenti, sesqui- v. bipolli- 
caria, semunciam lata. Flores corymbosi, magni, aurei. 
Corymbus simplex, terminalis pluri-(5—7)florus. Pedunculi 
robusti, uniflori, teretes, ut et involucrum, glandulis pedi- 
cellatis omninó induti, viscosissimi, foliolis aliquot (2—4) 
ceteris foliis simillimis, at perquàm minoribus, instructi. 
Involucrum duplici ordine polyphyllum: foliolis lineari- 
lanceolatis, acutis, obtusé carinatis; pretereà bracteole 
paucze, lanceolate, acute, subtis tomentosz, breviores. 
Receptaculum dense villosum. Flosculi numerosi, herma- 
phroditi, tubo longo, limbo bilahjati: labiis revolutis; ex- 
teriore ligulato, obtuse 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartito : 
laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, spiraliter convolutis. Anthere 
appendiculá lineari-lanceolata acuta terminate, basi longè 
biseta : setis simplicibus, muticis. Stigma bifidum: lobis 
recurvis, semiteretibus, suprà canaliculatis, apice truncato, 
papilloso-barbulato. Achenia subteretia longiuscula, undi- 
que papilloso-scabra. Pappus pilosus, niveus, denticulis 
scaber. 
This is totally distinct from the Perdicium brasiliense of Lin- l 
næus, as will hereafter appear. 
SoTa dieaticatas. fea: lanceolatis. acuminatis denticulatis basi | 
auriculatis, floribus panicolatis, involucri foliolis lanceo- E 
latis membranaceis. j 
Perdicium divaricatum. Kunth in H. et t B. Noa, Gen. et Sp. 
- 
Pl. 4. p. 155. t. 855. 4 
P. auriculatum. Bot. Mag. t. 2765. | 
In Peruviá. Ruiz et Pavon. p. X 
Caul. fruticosus, teres, flexuosus, ut videtur scandens, diva- 
ricato-ramosissimus, cortice fulvello pubescente indutus. 
Folia alterna, sessilia, lanceolata, acuminata, margine den- 
ticulis 
