of the Class ComposKa. 191 



ticulis plurimis perexiguis instriicta, membranacea, deorsiim 

 attenuata, imA basi auric ulato-cordata, 3 — 5-pollicaria, lati- 

 tudine pollicaria v. sesqui-pollicaria, supra gramineo-viri- 

 dia, nunc glabra, subtiis pallida, villosiuscula. Flores nutan- 

 tes, paniculati, lutescentes. Fanicula terminalis, divaricata, 

 multiflora. Peduncidi flexuosi, pedicellique copies^ pubes- 

 centes. Bracteolce paucissimae, lanceolato-subulatae, recur- 

 vulae, pubescentes. Involucrum duplici serie poly-(13 — 16)- 

 phyllum, velutinum : foUolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, politis, 

 merabranaceis ; intimis plurimi^m longioribus. Receptacu- 

 lum villosum. Flosculi 12 — 14, bilabiati, hermaphroditi ; 

 labio exteriore ligulato, 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartite : 

 segmentisl-dxiceolato-suhulatis, apice puberulis. Antherce ap- 

 pendicula lineari-lanceolatit obtusiuscula ipsa anther^ lon- 

 giore, basi setis 2 simplicibus munitae. Stigma bipartitum : 

 laciniis recurvis, apice truncatis, minute papillosis. Achenia 

 longiuscula, compressa, undique papilloso-glandulosa. Pap- 

 pus capillaris, flavicans, caducus, denticulis scaber. 



The figure given in the Nova Genera et Species is accurate as 

 to the general character of the plant ; but the leaves are repre- 

 sented with a perfectly entire margin, which is clearly an error ; 

 for there can be no question as to the identity of the two plants, 

 and indeed the description of M. Kunth shows that the figure is 

 faulty in this respect. I have no doubt that the Perdicium auri- 

 culatum given in the Potanical Magazine (tab. 2765.) is really 

 this plant, and that it is not, as there erroneously stated, from 

 Brazil, but had been imported from Peru. 



*** Involucrum basi hracteis 5 amplis foliaceis obvallatum : foliolis 

 simpUci ordine digestis. Flosculi plurimi. Alcithoe. 



6". T. longifolia, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis integerri- 



mis laevibus. 

 VOL. XVI. 2 c Perdicium 



