of the Class Composita. 299 



undique papilloso-scabra : disco epigyno dilatato, concavi- 

 usculo. Pappus capillaris, flavicans. 



T. molUssima, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis ser- 

 ratis basi attenuatis utrinque sericeo-villosissimis. 

 In Brasilia. Sello. f? . 



Frutex erectus, ramosissimus. Kami teretes, undique tomen- 

 tosi. Folia alterna, petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 serrata, basi acuta, penninervia, utrinque sericeo-villosis- 

 sima, supr^ demilm viridia, 4-pollicaria. Flores difFus^ 

 corymboso-paniculati. Bractea lanceolatae, acutae, inte- 

 gerrimae. Involucrum duplici ordine polyphyllum : foliolis 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, sericeo-villosissimis ; interioribus an- 

 gustioribus. Receptaculum densh pilosum. Floscitli plures, 

 hermaphroditi, bilabiati; labio exteriore ligulato, tridenti- 

 culato, 4-nervio ; interiore bipartite, revoluto : segmentis 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, binerviis. Antkercc appendicula 

 lineari, obtusd breviore cartilaginea coronatae, basi bise- 

 tosae : setis compressis, vix attenuatis. Achenia subpen- 

 tagona, undique copiosfe papilloso-glandulosa : disco epi- 

 gyno dilatato, concavo. Pappus capillaris, denticulato- 

 scaber, cinereo-fulvellus. 



Trixis divaricata, p. I90. 



^■j The flowers of this species are most probably entirely white, 

 although in the dried state they have assumed a yellow colour. 

 This species, as well as cacaloidesy have been already referred to 

 Trixis by Sprengel. 



After JuNGiA spectabilis, p. 227, insert 



3. J . pyramidalis, foliorum lobis obtusis pubescentibus, stipulis 



maximis. 



