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



pilosissima. Pappi radiis 18, eleganter plumosis, simplici 

 ordine digestis, \rak basi connatis, apice truncatis : ra~ 

 chibus fulvis, infern^ crassioribus : ramulis persistentibus, 

 argenteis. 



6. C. vepreculata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, 

 spinis falcatis basi coadunatis, floribus thyrsoideis, anthe- 

 rarum appendiculd bicuspidat^. 

 Ad Caracas. D. Fanning. ^2 . 



Frutex more Rubi capreolatus, saspfe scandens, ramosissitnus, 

 spinosus. Rami teretes, sulcati, pubescentes. Folia alterna, 

 petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, trinervia, integer- 

 rima, utrinque (praesertim in junioribus) villosa, demiim 

 glabrata, suprjl lucidula, basi subacuta, pollicaria v. bi- 

 pollicaria. Petioli semicylindrici, dense villosi, basi ramis 

 articulati, sesqui v. bilineam longi. Spina interpetiolares, 

 brevissimae, subulatae, coadunatae, divaricatae, arcuatae, ri- 

 gidae, fulvescentes, sesquilineares. Flores terminales, thyr- 

 soidei. Thyrsi compositi, multiflori. Pedunculi brevissimi, 

 teretes, validi, tomentosi, uniflori. Involucra oblonga, cy- 

 lindrica, semuncialia : squamis ovato-lanceolatis, adpressis, 

 coriaceis, tomentosis, spinil rect^ brevi terminatis ; intimis 

 linearibus, elongatis, radiantibus, nunc rariiis revolutis. Re- 

 ceptaculum pilis cinereis dens^ vestitum. Flosculi plures 

 (18 — 20) uniformes, tubulosi, 5-fidi, hermaphroditi, albi : 

 tuho attenuato, extCis et intiis villoso, 5-angulo, substantia 

 coriaceo, fauci longitudine subaequali : laciniis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, erectis, villosis, nervis primariis 

 marginalibus. Stamina basi tubi \nseri?i: Jilament a capil- 

 laria, glabra ; articulo superiore brevi : antherce in tubum 

 pentagonum coalitae, basi acute bidentatae, appendiculd 

 membranace4 bicuspidatd coronatae. Stylus capillaris, 5- 



angulus. 



