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



bus, obtnsiusculis, revolutis. Anthera basi setis longis, sim- 

 plicibus, acutis munitae, appendiculd lineari-lanceolat^, 

 obtusiuscul^ terminatae. Stigma bifidum : laciniis semi- 

 teretibuSj truncatis, recurvis, papilloso-pruinosis. Ache- 

 nia teretiuscula, papilloso-scabra. Pappus albus : radiis 

 denticulis scabris, imA basi connexis, apice subsimplici ! 



*** Flores la,ri spicati, rosei. Achenia cuneato-irigona, villosa. 

 Pappus capillaris, fusco-purpureus. Harmodia. 



5. P. cuneifolia, folii.s lanceolato-cuneatis mucronulatis dentatis 

 coriaceis glabris, floribus spicatis. 

 In Chili ad Coquimbo, Caldcleugh. t? . 



Frutex erectus, rigidus, facie proteaced. Pami teretes, glabri, 

 foliosi. Folia alterna, petiolata, bipollicaria, lanceolato- 

 cuneata, mucronulata, coriacea, rigida, glabra, subti\s costa 

 prominente venisque conspicuis reticulata, margine nunc 

 integerrima, nunc denticulata, illinc dentibus paucis ma- 

 joribus ad apicem instructa, infern^ attenuata, vix semipol- 

 licem lata. Flores sessiles, solitarii v. per paria remotius- 

 culi, bracted lineari-lanceolatA mucronat^ foliaced suffulti, 

 hinc quasi axillares, in spicam terminalem, nunc basi ra- 

 mosam, palmarem dispositi. Involucra polyphylla, imbri- 

 cata, parce lanuginosa : squamis ovalibus ellipticisve, ob- 

 tusis, concavis, coriaceis, margine prsecipu^ lanuginosis, 

 adpressis. Receptaculum villosum, Flosculi 5, herma- 

 phroditi, bilabiati, rosei ; labio exteriore ligulato, acut^ tri- 

 dentato ; interiore bipartito, revoluto : laciniis linearibus, 

 obtusis. Anthera basi setis 2, longis, simplicibus, acutis 

 auctae, appendicula ligulato, acutiuscula, cartilagined ter- 

 minatae. Stigma bifidum : lobis lingulatis, obtusis, minute 

 papillosis, recurvis. Achenia cuneata, trigona, sericeo- 



villosa. 



