of the Class Composite. 285 



ciduous, and the older branches consequently devoid of hairs, I 

 have no doubt that these two presumed species, as well as the 

 C. la7icifolia, will be found to possess the same characters, and 

 that they will prove to be only different states of the same plant, 

 as M. Kunth has already suspected. ;-.i,iro i j£i'-j^;w.jri ,o.j 



2. C. spinosa, armata ; foliis patulis, setis antherarum inaequali- 



bus. 

 Bacasia spinosa. Ruiz et Pavon Sj/st. Veg. Fl. Per. et C/iil. i. 



p. 188. 

 In Peruvise subalpinis et preeruptis frigidis ad Huarocheri, 



Tarmae et Canta^ provincias. Ruiz et Pavon. p? . Fl. Maio 



et Junio. Vulgo Clavelon de Serranias. 



Frutex bipedalis, erectus, ramosissimus, spinosus, cortice fusco 

 scabro obductus. Ramiili copios^ adpress^que pilosi. Folia 

 alterna, sessilia, patentia, ovato-lanceolata, coriacea, plana, 

 avenia, margine calloso integerrima, basi angustiori, spina 

 subulatci recta terminata, subtOis convexiuscula, costA va- 

 lida carinata, juventute utrinque hirsutissima, sed deni- 

 que omnin6 denudata, perlucida, atomis resinosis con- 

 spersa, semipollicaria, 2 — 3 lineas lata. Spina propria 

 (folia mutata) axillares, plerumque geminte, subulatae, di- 

 varicato-patentes, ssep^ foliorum longitudine. Flores in 

 apice ramulorum solitarii, sessiles, minores quam in prae- 

 cedente. Involucrum turbinato-campanulatuni, multiplici 

 ordine polyphyllum, imbricatum, nunc pedunculo brevis- 

 simo undique squamoso sufFultum : sguomis adpressis, lan- 

 ceolatis, spinuloso-mucronatis, pungentibus, sericeo-villo- 

 sissimis (villis fulvescentibus) ; interioribus gradatim longi- 

 oribus ; intimis elongatis, erectis, subscariosis, radiatis. Re- 

 ceptaculum densh villoso-lanatum. Flosculi pauciores (15 — 

 20), regulares, hermaphroditi, minims profunde 5-partiti : 



seg mentis 



