296 Mr. D. Dow's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 
1. A. ilicifolia. 
In Americá Meridionali. Joannes Fraser. & . 
From the preceding, Anastraphia is readily distinguished by 
the insertion of its stamina and by the structure of its pappus, 
the rays of which are disposed in a single series. The specimen 
in the Lambertian herbarium was received from the late Mr. 
Fraser, but in what part of South Auügica LM yas collected is 
not known. . 
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PENTAPHORUS. 
Stamina limbi sinubus inserta. Pappi radii setaceo-compla- 
natis, serrulatis, multiplici ordine collocatis. Involucrum 
5-florum, cylindricum, connivens. > 
Involucrum oblongum, cylindraceum, polyphyllum, imbricatum : 
_squamis lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaceis, adpressis, lanu- 
ginosis ; interioribus conniventibus. Receptaculum nudum. 
Flosculi 5, tubulosi, hermaphroditi, basin versus sensim 
angustati, limbo 5-partiti: segmentis linearibus, apice cras- 
siore obtusis, revolutis. Stamina intra limbi lacinias in- 
serta : filamenta tantüm e sinubus superne libera, capillaria, 
glabra: anthere in tubum coalite, basi bicalcarate (cal- 
aj caxibus: linearibus ciim ERA —— lanceo- 
e lingulatis, pruinosis;’ recurvis. / tr dense 
losa. Pappus persistens : radiis setaceis, ERE | te- 
nuissimé serrulatis, mucronulatis, inzequalibus, multiplici 
- ordine collocatis ; intimis latioribus. 
 Frut > procumbens : ? ramosissimus, diffusus. Rami teretes, cor- 
ES fusco pesestis famuli: floriferi conferti, brevissimi, 
centes, semunciales. Folia alterna, sessilia, vix 
illa Buxi magnitudine adequantia obovata, m mucronulata, in- 
tegerrima, 
