of the Class Composita. 287 



seems also to have been deceived with regard to the affinity of 

 this plant, as appears by specimens from him in the Lambertian 

 herbarium, marked " Ba7'nndesia ex Penivid." 



** Capitulis paniculatis. Antheris basi bidentatis : appendiculd 

 terminali, bilobd. Erinesa. 



3. C. hispida, foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis subtCis ramulis- 

 que setosis, spinis basi coadunatis, pedunculis armatis. 

 In Brasilia. Sello. ^2 . 



Fnitex difFusus, spinosus. Caulis teres, cortice cinereo-fusco, 

 demilm laeviusculo. Ramuli pilis setaceis persistentibus 

 fuscis copiosfe vestiti. Spina geminae, in ramulorum folio- 

 rumque axillis praecipufe positae ; caulis erectae, rigidte, 

 subulatae, durissimse, basi coadunatae, saepfe setis ornatae, 

 semunciam et ultra longae ; ramulorum brevissimae, recur- 

 vatae. Folia alterna, brevissimfe petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, 

 acuminata, integerrima, obsolete triplinervia, reticulato- 

 venosa, coriacea, supr^ glabra, subt^s hispid^ pilosa, basi 

 parvim attenuata, 3-pollicaria, unciam v. sesquiunciam lata. 

 Petioli semicylindricijhispidi, supr^ canaliculati, vix2lineas 

 longi. Flores terminales, plures, subpaniculati. Pedunculi 

 breves, unitlori, undique copios^ fulvo-pilosi, spinis solitariis 

 geminisve reflexis, rectis, subulatis armati. Involucra semi- 

 pollicaria, cylindrica : squamis ovatis, spinuloso-mucronatis, 

 coriaceis, adpressis, margine ciliatis ; intimis conniventibus. 

 Receptaculum parvum, dens^ pilosum: pilis fulvis, brevibus. 

 Flosculi 8 — 10, hermaphroditi, aequaliter tubulosi, coriacei: 

 tiibo intus villosissimo : liinbo regulari, 5-partito : segmentis 

 angust^ linearibus, acutis, canaliculatis, binerviis, erectis, 

 margine conniventibus, pube adpressa fulv4 sericeis. Fila- 

 ment a gracillima, glabra, infern^ corollae tubo adhaerentia. 

 AnthercE, in tubum coalitae, basi bidentatae : dentibus aequa- 

 voL. xvi. 2 p libus, 



