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



terminatae, basi long^ biaristatae : aristis simplicibus, seta- 

 ceis. Stigma masculis inclusum, clavatum, bilobum ; foe- 

 mineis longe exsertum, bipartitum : segmentis brevibus se- 

 micylindricis, obtusis, recurvis, undique pruinosis. Achenia 

 elliptico-oblonga, ancipiti-compressa. Pappus pilosus, ful- 

 vellus, persistens : radiis duplici serie digestis, copiosis, 

 creberrim^ denticulatis. 

 Herbae (Amer. et Asiat.) acaules, perennes, niveo-lanatee . Folia 

 simplicia, coriacea. Flores scepius albi. 



* Flosculi fceminei duplici ordine dispositi, difformes, labello inte- 

 riore audi. Foliis iniegerrimis. 



1. C. oblonga, foliis petiolatis oblongis, involucris hirsutissimis. 

 Perdicium oblongum. Herb. R. et P. 

 In Peruviae alpibus prope Panao. Ruiz et Pavon. V . 



Herba caespitosa. Radix crassa, praemorsa, fibris numerosissi- 

 mis, aliis crassis, aliis capillaceis, instructa. Folia \ongh 

 petiolata, lanceolata, v. elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, cori- 

 acea, basi pariim attenuata, margine angusto, revoluto, 

 denticulis semi-ovatis, obtusis, nudis, reflexo-adpressis or- 

 nato ; supr^ leviter lanuginosa, demiim nuda, costa latius- 

 cul^, nervis transversis venisque reticulatis instructa, sub- 

 rugosa ; subtils land intertextd, nived, siccitate fulvescente, 

 dense vestita ; 2 — 5-uncialia, unciam v. sesquiunciam lata. 

 Petioli simplices, semiteretes, undique copiosfe lanati, 3 — 6- 

 unciales. Scapus solitarius, teres, validior quam in caeteris 

 sequentibus, uniflorus, undique lana copiosissimd fulves- 

 cente instructus, squamis plurimis, praesertim apicem ver- 

 sus, lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, nudis, nitidis, coloratis mu- 

 nitus, pedalis v. ultra. Involucrum campanulato-patens, 

 polyphyllum, imbricatum : squamis lanceolatis, acutis, ad- 



pressis. 



