196 Mr. D. Dox’s Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
terminata, uncialia v. biuncialia.  Petioli unciales, subtüs 
carinati, basi valdé dilatati. Flores plures (7) corymbosi, 
magnitudine Hieracii Sabaudi. | Pedunculi sulcati, bipolli- 
cares, uniflori, undique dense pilosi et glandulosi, basi 
sæpiùsque supra medium bracteolá lineari-lanceolatà cana- 
liculatà muniti. Znvolucrum hispidissimum, duplici ordine 
poly-(14—18)phyllum : foliolis ligulatis, obtusis, basi sub- 
tüs obtuse carinatis, apice planis membranaceis latioribus- 
que. Flosculi lutei, numerosi, hermaphroditi, bilabiati : 
tubo glanduloso, basi 5-angulo, fauce dilatato ; labio exte- 
riore elliptico-oblongo, obtusé tridenticulato, 4-nervio, ner- 
vis intermediis profundé bipartitis ; interiore bipartito : seg- 
mentis lanceolatis, acutis, revolutis, nervis 2 longé intramar- 
ginalibus. Filamenta glabra ; articulo superiore teretiusculo, 
dupló breviore. Anthere appendicula lineari, obtusá, sub- 
faleatà, cartilagineé coronatz basi bisetose : setis com- 
planatis, attenuatis, æqualibus. Stylus glaber, basi callosá. 
Stigmata linearia, truncata, minute papillosa, recurva. 
Achenia subfusiformia, undique papilloso-scabra. Discus 
epigynus concavus. Pappus pilosus, cinereus: radiis duplici 
_ ordine copiosissimis, denticulato-scabris, deciduis. 
The Sabicea amitan oh this ceteri and hitherto 
lections and gem of the late Sir juin bee Smith h 
now become the property of the Linnean Society. The acqui- 
sition of these collections will add much to the honour and credit 
of the Society, and will tend greatly to advance the science of 
Natural. History in this country. Now that the number of spe- 
cies is so- much increased, it is impossible in extensive genera 
to determine satisfacto rily the older ones, without bar adt 
to the authentic materials on which they were four 
| “9, C. He- 
