T5, tok ib SET QR dE "e 
bs C. spneer ole having the female flowers disposed in a. dei 
of the Class Composite. 245 
 inconspicuis, basi attenuata, utrinque plana, palmaria, vix 
pollicem lata; aduitiora land fugaci nudiuscula.  Petioli 
bipollicares, canaliculati, superne angusti, basi dilatati, 
imbricati et villosi. Scapus erectus, filiformis, apice in 
discum dilatatus, uniflorus, squamis omninó destitutus, spi- 
thamzeus v. dodrantalis. Jos erectus, magnus, aureus. 
Involucrum hemisphericum, triplici ordine adpresse imbri- 
catum : squamis ovatis, obtusis, coriaceis ; intimis oblongis, 
disco dupló brevioribus! quandoque extimis duabus elon- 
gatis bracteas simulantibus. Flosculi radii plurimi (17—20), 
foeminei, elongati, bilabiati, staminibus sterilibus ; labio ex- 
teriore maximo, ligulato, tridentato, coriaceo, nervis secun- 
dariis manifestis; inferiore bipartito : segmentis linearibus, 
obtusis, spiraliter convolutis, primum margine conglutina- 
tis; disci masculi, tubulosi, tubo 5-angulo : /imbo bilabiato : 
labiis subzequalibus ; exteriore obtuse tridentato, 4-nervio : 
interiore bipartito, segmentis linearibus, obtusiusculis, bi- 
. merviis, apice. revolutis. | Filamenta i articulo, inferiore mi- 
nuté papilloso. Anthere appendiculé ilatà acutiusculà 
cartilagineá coronatz, basi bisetosee : "inti compressis, basi 
ramulosis, vix plumosis. Stylus 5-angulus. Stigma bilobum : 
lobis obtusis, brevissimis, pruinosis. Achenia ancipiti-com- 
pressa, dense adpresse pilosa. Pappus capillaris, persistens, 
cinereus ; radiis denticulatis, scabris, duplici ordine digestis, 
copiosissimis. | 
Besides the Chaptalia integrifolia, whi ch wants eo 
dicium omen of Flora J Tepi béldhg also: v ‘this genus. 
This latter species has all the characters of my second section ; 
uble 
series, 
