of the Class Composita. 217 



5. Li.glandulosa, foliis sessilibus sinuato-dentatis, involucri squa- 

 mis mucronulatis. 

 Cum praecedente. Caldcleiigh. q. j, .. , 



Herba lanugine albd glandulisque pedicellatis copiosissimis prse- 

 dita. Radix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, teres, 

 gracilis, spithamaeus v. pedalis. Folia radicalia brevissim^ 

 petiolata, cuneato-oblonga, patentia, acutfe sinuato-dentata, 

 sesqui- v. tri-pollicaria ; caulina inferiora conformia, sed 

 remotiils dentata (dentibus mucronulo obtuso terminatis) ; 

 superiora lanceolata, acuminata, nunc integerrima, sub- 

 amplexicaulia, nunc rari^s tripartita ! Flores plures, long^ 

 pedunculati, intensfe rubicundi, necnon majores quam in 

 praecedente. Fedunculi recti, filiformes, uniflori, undique, 

 uti involucrum, copiosfe lanuginosi atque pilis glandulosis pa- 

 tulis praediti. Involucrum semiglobosum, truncatum, duplici 

 ordine imbricatum : squamis oblongis, mucronulatis, sub- 

 aequalibus, adpressis, margine membranaceis. Receptaculum 

 scrobiculatum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, bilabiati ; 

 labio exteriore ligulato, tridenticulato, superficie asperius- 

 cula ; interiore bipartito : segmentis lineari-attenuatis, revo- 

 lutis, primiim margine conglutinatis ; marginales multoties 

 majores, radium aemulantes. AnthercB appendiculd lineari- 

 lanceolatd acutiusculd membranaced terminatae, basi bi- 

 setae : setis simplicibus, acutis, ipsa anther^ paul6 breviori- 

 bus. Stigma bipartitum : laciniis recurvis, apice dilatato- 

 truncatis, papilloso-pruinosis. Achenia cuneata, compressa, 

 pilosissima. Pappus niveus, fugax : radiis eleganter plu- 

 mosis, im4 basi in annulum connexis. 



The Trixis senecioides of Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora belongs, 

 as we have elsewhere stated, to this genus, whose receptacle is 

 certainly naked ; for the paleaceous scales attributed to its cir- 



2 F 2 cumference 



