IN THE WESTERN AZORES. 9 
heath attaining a circumference of two or three feet, and those 
of the Juniper occasionally three to four feet. Ferns constitute 
about a twelfth part of the whole flora, excluding the other 
cryptogamic plants. Of the genera Salix, Rosa, Sedum, Sem- 
pervivum, Saxifraga, Statice, Linum, or Gentiana; I did not 
observe a single indigenous species. 
(To be continued.) 
Descriptions of four New GENERA or Prawrs from the 
Orcan Mountains, by Greorce Garpner, F.L.S., 
Professor of Botany and Natural Hitoy, s in the Andee 
University, Glasgow. 
BowMaANtIA. 
(Composira-NAssaUVIACE&.) | 
Cuar. Gen. Capitulum multi-60-70-florum. Jnvol. plurise- 
riale, squamis laxis foliaceis oblongo-lanceolatis ciliatis 
apice subdentatis equalibus. Receptaculum alveolatum pi- 
loso-fibrilliferum. Flores omnes hermaphroditi. Corolle 
bilabiatee, labio exteriore 3-dentato liguleformi, in floribus 
exterioribus longiore, interiore bipartito lobis revolutis. 
Filamenta glabra. Anthere basi bisetose. Styli rami 
lineares compressi divergentes apice truncati hispiduli. 
Achenia subteretia ovato-oblonga glanduloso-pilosa disco 
epigyno dilatato coronata. Pappus pluriserialis rufus, setis 
deciduis filiformibus scaber.—Herba Brasiliana, elata, to- 
mentosa, simplex; folis alternis, denticulatis; capitulis 
magnis, laxe paniculatis, aurantiacis. ! 
I. Bowmania verbascifolia, Gard. Herb. Bras. n. 5797. 
Han. In dumetis, in summitatem montis, Serra dos Orgáos, 
Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Brasilie. Aprili florebat. 
Herba 4-6 pedalis. Caulis simplex, erectus, angulato-striatus, _ 
dense lanuginoso-tomentósus, uique ad apicem La | 
ceolata, subacuminata, basi in | petiolo dilatato o attenuata, | 
