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Notice of Plants which have recently flcwered in the Boyal 

 Botanic Garden. By J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., F.L.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. Commu- 

 nicated by the Author. 



Stifftia CHRY8ANTHA, Mikan. Delect. Brasil. I. tab. i. 

 Nat. Ord. Composita3. Sub-Ord. Mutisiacese. — Synge- 

 nesia aequalis- 



Generic Character.— Capitulum homogamum, discoideum, multi- 

 et aequali-florum. Involucrum turbinatum, arete imbricatura ; 

 squamae fiioribus multo breviores, coriaceee, multinerves, obtusae, 

 interiores lineares. Receptaculum planuisculum, nudum, alveo- 

 latum. Corolla subcoriacea, glabra, regularis, hmbi quinquefidi 

 laciniis extus circinato-revolutis. Staminum filamenta laevia; 

 antherae exsertaB, longe-caudatae. Stylus cylindricus, glaber, bifi- 

 dus, ramis brevibus aequalibus acutis. Achcenium glabrum elon* 

 gatum brevissime rostratum. Pappus multiserialis, paleaceus, 

 longus,paleis lmearibus,inaequalibu8, serratis. — Arhores etFi-uticts 

 Brasilienses glahrce ; ramis teretibus ; foliis alternig, petiolatis 

 ohlongis acuminatis ; capitulis terminalibus, peduncuHs squami- 

 geris. DC. et Endlicher. 



Specific Character. — Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulis soli- 

 tariis, floribus capituli indefinitis. 



Augusta grandiflora, Leand. Akad. Miinch. Phil, vii., p. 235. Plazea 

 brasiliensis, Spreng. The plant is found in Brazil in the vicinity 

 of Rio Janeiro and Bahia. 



The specimen in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden is rather more than 

 6 feet high. Its woody stem is 4^ inches in circumference at the 

 root, and its bark is rough. The primary branches come off in a 

 somewhat dichotomous manner. Leaves lanceolate, accuminated, 

 alternate, shortly petiolate, entire, smooth and shining, having s 

 mid-rib, which is slightly prominent both on the under and on 

 the upper surface ; venation reticulated, primary veins ending in a 

 curved vein within the margin ; petiole slightly grooved on its 

 upper surface, articulated with the stem. Capttula solitary, ter- 

 minal on the young branches, homogamous and discoid, containing 

 about 25 flowers. Peduncles short, thickened upward with small 

 scales. Involucre turbinated, herbaceous, somewhat coriaceous, its 

 scales 30-40, in several imbricated rows, arranged alternately in 

 a spiral cycle. Scales closely applied in the young state, spread- 

 ing after the flowers fall, green in the middle, paler towards the 

 margin, which is fringed with short hairs ; outer scales short, 



