of the Class Composite. ■• .- . 241 



pressis, sanguineo-coloratis ; ejr^erfon'iMs lanuginosis; intimis 

 elongatis, acuminatis, radiatis. Flosculi albi ; radii plurimi, 

 30 circiter, foeminei, duplici ordine dispositi, lineari-ligu- 

 lati ; extimis multoties majoribus, involucri squamis intimis 

 vix longioribus, obtus^ tridenticulatis, radium distinctum 

 constituentibus ; labio interiore minimo, bipartite : laciniis 

 angustb linearibus, obtusulis, ineequalibus, rectis ; disci mas- 

 culi, tubulosi, bilabiati ; labio exieriore ligulato, obtusfe 

 3-dentato ; interiore bifido : laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, 

 obtusis. Anthera basi bisetae, appendiculd lineari-ligu- 

 \a.tk cartilagine^ coronatae. Stigma masculis inclusum bi- 

 lobum, clavatum ; foemineis exsertum, bifidum : lobis obtu- 

 sis, papilloso-pruinosis. Achenia elliptica, ancipiti-com- 

 pressa, glabra : disco epigyno dilatato, planiusculo. Pappus 

 capillaris, cinereo-fulvellus, denticulis scaber. 



2. C. ovalis, foliis petiolatis ovalibus, involucris hirsutissimis. 

 Perdicium ovale. Herb. R. et P. 



In Peruvid ad Huassahuassi et Churapallanam, Ruiz ei 

 Pavon. 'if. . 



Herba caespitosa. Radix compacta, fibris numerosissimis. Ion-' 

 gissimis, fuscis. Folia plura, radicalia, petiolata, ovalia v. 

 subrotundo-ovalia, coriacea, or4 angustissimd, recurvatd, 

 denticulis ovatis, obtusis, nudis, adpress^ reflexis, costa 

 medid, validd, nervisque trans versis atque venis prope 

 marginem anastomosantibus ; supr^ demiira calva, viridia, 

 lucida ; subtils dens^ fulvo-lanata : basi transversa, v. atte- 

 nuate; 2 V. 2-i- pollices longa, sesquiunciam lata. Petioli 

 semiteretes, simplices, sesquiunciales, undique fulvo-lanati. 

 Scopus dodrantalis, erectus, filiformis, uniflorus, undique 

 land fulva copies^ vestitus, squamisque nonnuUis lanceo- 

 latis, obtusis, membranaceis, nudis, adpressis munitus. Flos 



2 I 2 nutans, 



