296 Mr. D. Don’s Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
Planta fruticosa, subscandens, sarmentosa. Caulis ramosus, teres, 
glaber. Rami cylindrici, flexuosi, dense pannoso-tomentosi, 
fulvescentes. Folia remoté alterna, petiolata, 5—7-loba, 
circumscriptione orbiculato-cordata, suprà pilis brevibus 
recumbentibus aspera, subtüs venis prominentibus varicosa, | 
tomento albo copiosissimo obruta, holosericea, 2—3 uncias | 
longa, latitudine «qualia: /obis rotundatis, repando-crenatis, 
nunc integerrimis. Petioli unciales, teretes, dense ful- 
vescenti-tomentosi, basi crassiore inappendiculati, pennam 
corvinam crassitie czeterüm eequantes. Corymbi terminales, 
compositi, dense fulvescenti-tomentosi. Involucra sphæ- 
rica, basi bracteolis aliquot lineari-subulatis munita : squa- 
mis simplici ordine plurimis (15—20) lanceolatis, acumina- 
tis, tomentosis, equalibus, margine membranaceis, indu- 
plicatis, dorso convexis. Palee plurime, lanceolate, acute, 
membranacee, obtuse carinate, dorso apiceque nigricante 
puberulis. Flosculi 30 circiter, lutei, hermaphroditi, bila- 
biati: labiis revolutis; exteriore elliptico-oblongo, obtuse 
tridenticulato ; interiore bifido : laciniis linearibus, obtusis. 
Anthere appendicula lineari-lanceolatà acuta cartilagineà 
.coronatz, basi bisetz : seźżs brevibus, acutis, simplicibus. 
; Stylus. tenuis, glaber. Stigmata lineari-lingulata, truncata, 
. pruinosa. Achenia longiuscula, triquetra, papilloso-scabra. 
3 Pappus fugax, albus: radiis tenuissimis, plumosis, * 
Obs. Rami hujus plante ad sarmenta Vitis 1 non paulo referunt. 
Vulgó Vingri-Vingri. Floret Februario et Martio. Flores 
valdé fragrantes, lutei. Ruiz Mss. 
: 
The Dumerilia paniculata of DeCandolle is distinguished from 
this species by the lobes of its leaves being longer, somewhat 
acute, and the margin more deeply and abruptly crenated, and 
finally by the trifid ligulate lip of the corolla, =e in this is 
terminated by three small teeth only. 
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