240 Mr. D. Dow's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
terminate, basi longè biaristatee : aristis simplicibus, seta- 
ceis. Stigma masculis inclusum, clavatum, bilobum ; fœ- 
mineis longè exsertum, bipartitum : segmentis brevibus se- 
micylindricis, obtusis, recurvis, undique pruinosis. Achenia 
elliptico-oblonga, ancipiti-compressa. Pappus pilosus, ful- 
vellus, persistens: radius duplici serie digestis, copiosis, 
creberrimé denticulatis. | 
Herbs (Amer. et Asiat.) acaules, perennes, — Folia 
simplicia, coriacea. Flores sepius albi. 
* Flosculi feminei duplici ordine dispositi, difformes, labello inte- 
riore aucti. Foliis integerrimis. 
1. C. oblonga, foliis petiolatis oblongis, involucris hirsutissimis. 
Perdicium oblongum. Herb. R. et P. 
In Peruviz alpibus prope Panao. Ruiz et Pavon. y. 
Herba c:spitosa. Radix crassa, premorsa, fibris numerosissi- 
mis, aliis crassis, aliis capillaceis, instructa. Folia longe 
petiolata, lanceolata, v. elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, cori- 
acea, basi parüm attenuata, margine angusto, revoluto, 
. denticulis semi-ovatis, obtusis, nudis, reflexo-adpressis or- 
mato; Rise Brus UR erem demüm nuda, costa latius- 
- culà, transversis ` » que getumelis instructa, sub- 
aná intertex i2 de m tate fulvescente, 
oss vestiti] arenes anciatnv. Sésqu 1 lata. 
Petioli simplices, semiteretes, undique copiose lanati, 3—6- 
unciales. Scapus solitarius, teres, validior quàm in cæteris 
sequentibus, uniflorus, undique land copiosissimå fulves- 
vitstmte Snstraetab, squamis plurimis, presertim apicem ver- 
| Sus, eolatis, ee nudis, nitidis, coloratis mu- 
: . Involucrum EET 
