296 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Getiera and Species 



1. A. ilicifolia. 



In America Meridionali. Joannes Fraser, >? . 



From the preceding, Anastraphia is readily distinguished by 

 the insertion of its stamina and by the structure of its pappus, 

 the rays of which are disposed in a single series. The specimen 

 in the Lambertian herbarium was received from the late Mr. 

 Fraser, but in what part of South America it was collected is 

 not known. 



Pentaphorus. 



Stamina limbi sinubus inserta. Pappi radiis setaceo-compla- 

 natis, serrulatis, multiplici ordine coUocatis. Involucrum 

 5-florum, cylindricum, connivens. 



Involucrum oblongum, cylindraceum, polyphyllum, imbricatum: 

 squamis lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaceis, adpressis, lanu- 

 ginosis ; interioribus conniventibus. Receptaculum nudum, 

 Flosculi 5, tubulosi, hermaphroditi, basin versus sensim 

 angustati, limbo 5-partiti : segmentis linearibus, apice cras- 

 siore obtusis, revolutis. Stamina intra limbi lacinias in- 

 serta : filamenta tantilm h sinubus supern^ libera, capillaria, 

 glabra : antherce in tubum coalitae, basi bicalcaratae (cal- 

 caribus linearibus, complanatis, acutis), appendice lanceo- 

 late, mucronata (mucrone tenui, elongato), coriace^, rigid^ 

 coronatae. Stylus filiformis, glaber. Stigma bilobum : lobis 

 lingulatis, pruinosis, recurvis. Acheiiia trigona, dens^ vil- 

 losa. Pappus persistens : 7'adiis setaceis, complanatis, te- 

 nuissim^ serrulatis, mucronulatis, inaequalibus, multiplici 

 ordine coUocatis ; intimis latioribus. 



Frutex procumbens ? ramosissimus, diffusus. Rami teretes, cor- 

 tice Icevi, fusco vestiti. Ramuli floriferi conferti, brevissimi, 

 foliosi, pubescentes, semunciales. Folia alterna, sessilia, vix 

 ilia Buxi magnitudine adcequantin, obovata, mucronulaia, in- 



tegerrima, 



