640 ON FITCHIA, A NEW GENUS OF COMPOSIT.E. 
On Firoura, a New Genus of arborescent Composita, (Trib. 
Cichoraceæ), from ErizABETH Isuanp, (lat. 26°, long. 
1259 W.) in the South Pacific, by J. D. Hooker, M.D. 
R.N. F.L.S. 
(Tass. XXIII, XXIV.) 
Cuar. Gen.—Capitulum multiflorum, monoicum. Jnvo- 
lucrum imbricatum, squamis coriaceo-carnosis sub 3-seriatis. 
Receptaculum planiusculum, paleaceum, foveolatum, margini- 
bus nudis. Flores masculi ligulati, perplurimi, ligulis recurvis 
pubescentibus, filamentis elongatis tortis superne articulatis, 
antheris ecaudatis stylo apice obscure bidentato. Achenium 
valde compressum, appresse sericeo-pilosum ; pappus bise- 
tosus setis elongatis hispidulis. Flores feminei ignoti.— 
Arbor, v. frutex, glaberrima. Rami nudi, cicatricati, apices 
versus foliosi. Folia opposita, longe petiolata, late ovato-cor- 
data, obtusa, integerrima. Capitulum magnum, terminale, 80- 
litarium, nutans, pedunculo elongato. 
1. Frrcnia nutans, Hook. fil. (Tas. XXIII, XXIV.) 
Has. Elizabeth Island, in the South Pacific Ocean, (Cuming, 
m. 1424.) 
. Rami validi, crassitie digitæ minoris, lignosi, cortice pal- 
be favo tecti. Folia ad apices ramorum opposita; petiolt 
graciles, patentes, 2-pollicares, basi in stipulas latas connatas 
dilatati; Jamina 3 unc. longa et 2 lata, plana, subcoriaceæ —— 
opaca, utrinque glaberrima, creberrime reticulatim venosa; 
venis primariis patentibus, siccitate fusco-brunnea, subtus 
pallidiora. Pedunculus terminalis, arcuatus, nudus, sub 2 
unc.longus, superne dilatatus, involucro subintrusus. Ca- 
pitulum magnum, 14 unc. diametro. Involucrum latissime 2 
campanulatum, squamis imbricatis late orbiculatis carnosis 
marginibus integerrimis v. laceris membranaceis. Recepta- —— 
culum latiusculum. Palee lanceolate, acuminate, achænia — 
longiores. Corolle 4 unc. longs, radiantes, exteriores TE — — 
curvee, tubo gradatim ampliato, limbo apice 3-4 dentato, den — 
tibus subulatis ciliatis. Filamenta corolla æquilonga, fli- 
formia, inter se torta. Anthere elongate, in apicem sub ; 
gatam productae, loculis linearibus basi brevissime bicuspi- 
