of the Class Composite. 245 



inconspicuis, basi attenuata, utrinque plana, palmaria, vix 

 pollicem lata; adultiora lan4 fugaci nudiuscula, Petioli 

 bipollicares, canaliculati, supern^ angusti, basi dilatati, 

 imbricati et villosi. Scapus erectus, filiformis, apice in 

 discum dilatatus, uniflorus, squamis omnin6 destitutus, spi- 

 thamaeus v. dodrantalis. Flos erectus, magnus, aureus. 

 Involucrum hemispha^ricum, triplici ordine adpress^ imbri- 

 catum : squamis ovatis, obtusis, coriaceis ; intimis oblongis, 

 disco duplo brevioribus ! quandoque extimis duabus elon- 

 gatis bracteas simulantibus. Flosculi radii plurimi (17 — 20), 

 foeminei, elongati, bilabiati, staminibus sterilibus ; labia ex- 

 teriore maximo, ligulato, tridentato, coriaceo, nervis secun- 

 dariis manifestis ; interior e bipartite : segmentis linearibus, 

 obtusis, spiraliter convolutis, primilm margine conglutina- 

 tis ; disci masculi, tubulosi, tubo 5-angulo : limbo bilabiato : 

 labiis subfiequalibus ; exteriore obtus^ tridentato, 4-nervio ; 

 interiore bipartite, segmentis linearibus, obtusiusculis, bi- 

 nerviis, apice revolutis. Filamenta articulo inferiore mi- 

 nute papillose. Anthera appendicula ligulatd acutiusculd 

 cartilagineA coronata;, basi bisetosae : setis compressis, basi 

 ramulosis, vix plumosis. Stylus 5-Q.Vig\x\\x^. Stigma hi\Qh\xm: 

 lobis obtusis, brevissimis, pruinosis. Achenia ancipiti-com- 

 pressa, dens^ adpress^ pilosa. Pappus capillaris, persistens, 

 cinereus : radiis denticulatis, scabris, duplici ordine digestis, 

 copiosissimis. 



Besides the Chaplalia integrifolia, which wants the inner lobe 

 to the marginal florets, and consequently agrees in this respect 

 with my second section, Perdicium piloselloides of Vahl and Pei'- 

 dicium tomentosum of Flora Japonica belong also to this genus. 

 This latter species has all the characters of my second section ; 

 but C. ifitegrifolia having the female flowers disposed in a double 



series. 



