of the Class Composite. 251 
choraceé. Its entire capitulum may be compared with that of 
Gnaphalium, and its soft stipitate pappus with that.of Lactuca, 
thus showing that the genus is to be regarded as constituting an 
osculant group between the three families. The modification of 
the apex of the achenium proves that the stipitate pappus is not 
a character of generic importance in Leria. 
Trib. 6. DrazEuxrzx. Receptaculum subpaleatum. Flosculi 
(raró dioici !) disci hermaphroditi, tubulosi, 5-dentati ; radii 
ligulati, foeminei, nunc bilabiati. Antherarum setis nudis. 
Plante sepé fruticose, capitulis plerumque solitariis, magnis, 
pedunculatis. 
Driazreuxis. | 
OATRAOTYZIDIS SP, L^ Dp 
OxosERIDIS sP., Willd. 
Flores dioici! Receptaculum alveolatum. 
Flores dioici! Involucrum sphaeroideum, multiplici serie imbri- 
catum: squamis innumeris, - lanceolatis, acuminatis, coria- 
 ceis, rigidis, adpressis. Receptaculum alveolatum : alveolis 
margine laciniato-fimbriatis.  Flosculj masculi creberrimi, 
cylindrico-tubulati, 5-nervii, limbo 5-fidi: laciniis lineari- 
bus, obtusis, canaliculatis, recurvato-patulis, nervis pro- 
minentibus apice confluentibus, hinc margine apiceque 
incrassatis: /igulis plurimis, accessoriis, patulis, substantia 
coriaceis, obtuse trilobis, 6-nerviis (nervis engen an 
arum diseum. uin d | 7 
simo, sg ORE N Rug binervio, eoriaceo, oreste 
basi dilatato auctis ; eni sapina filiformes, 5-ner- 
