of the Class Composite. 227 
2. J. spectabilis, foliis pubescentibus : lobis acutis, floribus radi- 
atis glomerato-paniculatis, ligulis patulis tridenticulatis. 
In Guayaquilá. Tafalla. v . 
Planta fruticosa, floribus niveis copiosissimis foliisque latissi- 
mis viridibus ad florendi tempus ornatissima. Rami teretes, 
- obsolete velutini. Folia remote alterna, petiolata, subro- 
tundo-cordata, 7—9-loba, membranacea, subtüs copiose 
pubescentia, reticulato-venosa, suprà minuté papilloso- 
setulosa, asperiuscula, 3—5-uncialia, tunc fere spithameea ; 
ultima plurimüm minora, 5-loba, basi vix emarginata : lobis 
-semi-ovatis, mucronulatis, acuté dentatis s. rarids integer- 
rimis; intermedio paululüm majore.  Petioli bipollicares, 
teretes, velutini, basi inappendiculati, concavi. Flores ter- 
minales, copiosissimi, glomerato-paniculati, nivei, pulcher- 
rimi. Pedicelli squamulosi, pubescentes. Bracteole line- 
ares, obtuse, patule, velutine. Involucra ovalia, insertione 
depresso-umbilicata : squamis simplici ordine digestis, plu- 
ribus (10—12) lanceolatis, acutis, leviter pubescentibus, 
dorso convexis, margine membranaceis ind uplicatis, basi 
callosà subtorulosis. Palee plurime, distinctz, elliptico- 
 oblongz, acutiuscule, obtuse carinate, pubescentes. Flos- 
culi 21 circiter, bilabiati, hermaphroditi; exteriores majores, 
radium constituentibus ; labio ezteriore elliptico, triden- 
ticulato patulo, nunquàm revoluto; interiore bipartito, 
revoluto: segmentis lanceolato-linearibus, acutis. Anthere 
appendiculà lineari acuta terminate, basi bisetz : setis bre- 
vibus, acutissimis, simplicibus. Stigmata linearia, revoluta, 
Lm apice truncata, pruinosa.  Achenia longiuscula, triquetra, 
| papi oso-scabra. - Pappus niveus, “caducus: radiis apice 
tantùm plumosis. 
PLEOCARPHUS. 
