190 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 



reo-lanata, lan^ villosd nunc lutescenti, sesqui- v. bipolli- 

 caria, semunciam lata. Flores corymbosi, magni, aurei. 

 Corymbus simplex, terminalis pluri-(5 — 7)florus. Pedunculi 

 robusti, uniflori, teretes, ut et involucrum, glandulis pedi- 

 cellatis omnin6 induti, viscosissimi, foliolis aliquot (2 — 4) 

 caeteris foliis simillimis, at perquam minoribus, instructi. 

 Involucrum duplici ordine polyphyllum : foliolis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, obtus^ carinatis ; praetere^ bracteolce 

 paucfB, lanceolatae, acutae, subtiis tomentosae, breviores. 

 Receptaculum densh villosura. Flosculi numerosi, herma- 

 phroditi, tubo longo, limbo bilabiati : labiis revolutis ; ex- 

 teriore ligulato, obtusfe 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartite : 

 laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, spiraliter convolutis. Anthera 

 appendicul4 lineari-lanceolat^ acutd terminatae, basi long^ 

 bisetae : setis simplicibus, muticis. Stigma bifidum : lobis 

 recurvis, semiteretibus, supr^ canaliculatis, apice truncate, 

 papilloso-barbulato. Achenia subteretia longiuscula, undi- 

 que papilloso-scabra. Pappus pilosus, niveus, denticulis 

 scaber. 



This is totally distinct from the Perdicium brasiliense of Lin- 

 naeus, as will hereafter appear. 



5. T. divaricata, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis denticulatis basi 

 auriculatis, floribus paniculatis, involucri foliolis lanceo- 

 latis membranaceis. 



Perdicium divaricatum. Kunth in H. et B. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 

 PL 4. p. 155. t. 355. 



P. auriculatum. Bot. Mag. t. 2765. 



In Peruvid. Ruiz et Pavon. t? . 



Caulis fruticosus, teres, flexuosus, ut videtur scandens, diva- 

 ricato-ramosissimus, cortice fulvello pubescente indutus. 

 Folia alterna, sessilia, lanceolata, acuminata, margine den- 

 ticulis 



