of the Class Composite. 299 
undique papilloso-scabra: disco epigyno dilatato, concavi- 
usculo. Pappus capillaris, flavicans. 
T. mollissima, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis ser- 
ratis basi attenuatis utrinque sericeo-villosissimis. 
In Brasilia. Sello. n . 
Frutex erectus, ramosissimus. Rami teretes, undique tomen- 
tosi. Folia alterna, petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
serrata, basi acuta, penninervia, utrinque sericeo-villosis- 
sima, suprà demüm viridia, 4-pollicaria. Flores diffuse 
corymboso-paniculati. Bractee lanceolate, acute, inte- 
gerrimz. | Involucrum duplici ordine polyphyllum : foliolis 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, sericeo-villosissimis ; interioribus an- 
. gustioribus. Receptaculum densé pilosum. Flosculi plures, 
hermaphroditi, bilabiati; labio exteriore ligulato, tridenti- 
culato, 4-nervio; interiore bipartito, revoluto: segmentis 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, binerviis. Anthere appendicula 
lineari, obtusa breviore cartilagineà. coronatz, basi bise- 
tosæ : setis compressis, vix. attenuatis. Ache T ia subpen- 
tagona, undique copiose papilloso-glandulosa : : disco epi- 
gyno dilatato, concavo. Pappus capillaris, denticulato- 
— Scaber, cinereo-fulvellus. 
Trixis divaricata, p. 190. 
The flowers of this species are most probably entirely white, 
although in the dried: state aera bero punea a arien gghonr. 
This species, as wel j 2 T 
Triris dos s rengi 
iii: Jo UNGIA E speciabilis, p. 297, insert 
3. of pyramidalis, foliorum lobis obtusis m stipulis - 
maximis, 
