of the Class Composita. 287 
seems also to have been deceived with regard to the affinity of 
this plant, as appears by specimens from him in the Lambertian 
herbarium, marked ** Barnadesia ex Peruviá." 
** Capitulis paniculatis. Antheris basi bidentatis: appendiculá 
terminali, biloba. — Erinesa. 
3. C. hispida, foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis subtùs ramulis- 
que setosis, spinis basi coadunatis, pedunculis armatis. 
In Brasilià. Sello. 5 . 
Frutev diffusus, spinosus. Caulis teres, cortice cinereo-fusco, 
demüm leviusculo. Ramuli pilis setaceis persistentibus 
fuscis copiose vestiti. Spine gemine, in ramulorum folio- 
rumque axillis precipue posite; caulis erecte, rigide, 
subulate, durissime, basi coadunatwe, sæpè setis ornate, 
semunciam et ultra long: ; ramulorum brevissime, recur- 
vate. Folia alterna, brevissime petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, 
acuminata, integerrima, obsolete triplinervia, reticulato- 
venosa, coriacea, suprà glabra, subtüs. hispidé pilosa, basi 
parüm attenuata, 3-pollicaria, unciam v. sesquiunciam lata. 
Petioli semicylindrici, hispidi, suprà canaliculati, vix? lineas 
longi. Flores terminales, plures; subpaniculati. Pedunculi 
breves, uniflori, undique copiose fulvo-pilosi, spinis solitariis 
geminisve reflexis, rectis, subulatis armati. Involucra semi- 
pollicaria, cylindrica : squamis ovatis, spinuloso-mucronatis, 
coriaceis, adpressis, margine ciliatis ; intimis conniventibus. 
Receptaculum parvum, dense pilosum : pilis fulvis, britibus. 
 Flosculi 8—10, hermaphroditi, aper tubulosi, 
tubo intùs villosissimo : limbo: regula wtito : Segments 
 angusté linearibus, acutis, canalicul atis, binerviis, erectis, 
margine Grliuieén bod pube adpressá fulvá sericeis. Fila- 
menta gracillima, glabra, inferne coroll tubo adherentia. 
Anthere in tubum coalitz, basi bidentate : denti bus sequa- 
Iot xvi. 2P poc libus, 
