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of the Class Composite. 191 
ticulis plurimis perexiguis instructa, membranacea, deorsum 
attenuata, imá basi auriculato-cordata, 3—5-pollicaria, lati- 
tudine pollicaria v. sesqui-pollicaria, suprà gramineo-viri- 
dia, nunc glabra, subtüs pallida, villosiuscula. Flores nutan- 
tes, paniculati, lutescentes. Panicula terminalis, divaricata, 
multiflora. . Pedunculi flexuosi, pedicellique copiose pubes- 
- centes... Bracteole paucissime, lanceolato-subulatz, recur- 
vule, pubescentes. Involucrum duplici serie poly-(13—16)- 
phyllum, velutinum : foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, politis, 
membranaceis ; intimis plurimüm longioribus. Receptacu- 
lum villosum. | Flosculi 12—14, bilabiati, hermaphroditi ; 
labio exteriore ligulato, 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartito : 
segmentis lanceolato-subulatis, apice puberulis. Anthere ap- 
pendiculâ lineari-lanceolata obtusiusculá ipsá antherá lon- 
giore, basi setis 2 simplicibus munitz. Stigma bipartitum : 
laciniis recurvis, apice truncatis, minute papillosis. Achenia 
longiuscula, compressa, undique papilloso-glandulosa. Pap- 
pus capillaris, flavicans, caducus, denticulis scaber. _ 
The figure given in the Nova Genera et Species is accurate as 
to the general character of the plant; but the leaves are repre- 
sented with a perfectly entire margin, which is clearly an error ; 
for there can be no question as to the identity of the two plants, 
and indeed the description of M. Kunth shows that the figure is 
faulty in this respect. Ihave no doubt that the Perdicium auri- 
culatum given in the Botanical Magazine (tab. 2765.) is really 
this plant, and that it is not, as there erroneously abated, em. 
Brazil, but had been pote from Peru. oe - 
— Involucrum basi bracteis 5. amplis ficis aoallgum : foliolis 
simplici ordine digestis. Flosculi plurimi. | Alcithoé. 
6. T. longifolia, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis integerri- 
— mis levibus. P 
YOL. XVI. 2€ 
