290 Mr. D. Don’s Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
pilosissima. Pappi radiis 18, eleganter plumosis, simplici 
ordine digestis, ima basi connatis, apice truncatis: ra- 
chibus fulvis, inferné crassioribus: ramulis persistentibus, 
argenteis. 
6. C. vepreculata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, 
spinis falcatis basi coadunatis, floribus thyrsoideis, anthe- 
rarum appendicula bicuspidata. 
Ad Caracas. D. Fanning. n. 4 
Fruter more Rubi capreolatus, sæpè scandens, ramosissimus, 
spinosus. Rami teretes, sulcati, pubescentes. Folia alterna, 
petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, trinervia, integer- 
rima, utrinque (presertim in junioribus) villosa, demüm 
glabrata, suprà lucidula, basi subacuta, pollicaria v. bi- 
pollicaria. — Petioli semicylindrici, densé villosi, basi ramis 
articulati, sesqui v. bilineam longi. Spine interpetiolares, 
brevissimz, subulate, coadunate, divaricate, arcuate, ri- 
gidz, fulvescentes, sesquilineares. Flores terminales, thyr- 
soidei. Thyrsi compositi, multiflori. Pedunculi brevissimi, 
teretes, validi, tomentosi, uniflori. Involucra oblonga, cy- 
lindrica, semuncialia: squamis ovato-lanceolatis, adpressis, 
| Sorineeisy komentosias: oet rectà brevi terminatis ; ; intimis 
lum ona e tit losculi =m 
(18—20) uinna, pe prer hermaphrodiss, albi : 
tubo attenuato, extüs et intùs villoso, 5-angulo, substantia 
coriaceo, fauci longitudine subequali: laciniis lineari- 
lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, erectis, villosis, nervis primariis 
=- marginalibus. Stamina basi tubi inserta: filamenta capil- 
- laria, glabra ; articulo superiore brevi: anthere in tubum 
ntagonum coalite, basi acute bidentate, appendicula 
membranaceá bicuspidatà coronate. Stylus capillaris, 5- 
angulus. 
