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



2. S. parvijloro, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis, floribus paniculatis, 

 flosculis definitis. 

 Augusta parviflora. Leand. I. c. 

 Plazia parviflora. Spreng. Si/st. 4. pars 2. p. 301. 

 In Brasilia ad Campos Novos et ad Rio das Contas. Martins, ij . 



Frutex erectus, frondosus. Rami cylindrici, cortice cinereo laevi 

 obducti. Folia alterna, brevissim^ petiolata, spathulato- 

 oblonga, nunc rar6 lanceolata, integerrima, coriacea, uni- 

 nervia, venis obscurioribus, utrinque glabra, viridia, basin 

 versus attenuata, 5-pollicaria, unciam v. sesquiunciam la- 

 titudine aequantia. PetioU semicylindrici, glabri, supnX 

 plani, 3 lineas longi. Flares parvi, copiosissimi, panicu- 

 lati. Panicula terminalis, diffusa. Pedunculi teretes, gla- 

 bri, apicem versus crassiores, squamis nonnullis ovalibus 

 obtusis concavis muniti. Involucra globosa: squamis ova- 

 libus, obtusissimis, concavis, membranaceis, laevibus, tri- 

 plici ordine imbricatis, adpressis ; intimis oblongis. Re- 

 ceptaculwn nudum. Flosculi definiti (12) hermaphroditi, 

 infundibuliformes, basi coriace^, limbo 5-partiti : segmentis 

 linearibus, acutis, glabris, revolutis. Stamina sinubus limbi 

 inserta : Jilamenta e limbo supern^ libera, capillaria, gla- 

 bra, infernb nervis primariis longitudinaliter adnata ! an- 

 thercB in tubum coalitae, exserts, basi calcaribus 2 lineari- 

 bus, acutis, complanatis, ipsA antherA 4-plo brevioribus or- 

 natae, appendice lanceolata mucronatA, coriacea rigidA. ter- 

 minatae. Stylus filiformis, glaber. Stigma bilobum : lobis 

 lingulatis, truncatis, pruinosis, revolutis. Achenia angusta, 

 hinc convexa, inde angulata, glabra, 3 — 4 lineas longa. 

 Pappus capillaris, persistens, flavicans : radiis triplici cir- 

 citer serie dispositis, insqualibus, undique puberulis, apice 

 penicillatis, semipollicem longis. 



Anastraphia. 



