FLORA OF SOUTH AMERfCA AVD I'lIH PACIFfC. 2j 



destitute of aefve, but having a discoloured spat towards the 

 apex; tlie margin is scariose and eroso-fiinbriate. Pappus of 

 the female capitula very white and silky. 



1053. (10). B. sphrBrocephala (Hook, et Ani.); fruticosa 

 glabra, ramisangulatis, foliis (subquadripolHcaribus) obovato- 

 lanceolatis membranaceis subtriplinerviis reticulatisque acutis 

 grosse dentatis basi attcnuatis sessilibus impunctatis, corymbis 

 polycephalis foliis brevioribus, capital is ^ et $ depressos 

 sphasricis, involucri hemisphaerici squamis ovuto-lanceolatis 

 acutis dorso carinatis uninerviis marginibus praecipue versus 

 apicem eroso-fimbriatis. — Chiloe. Cuming (n. 58). Between 

 Osorno and El Rio de MauUin, Valdivia. Bridges {ti. 579.) 

 — A shrub from 4 to 8 feet high, according to Mr. Bridges, 

 with large membranaceous coarsely toothed and dense corymbs 

 of comparatively large capitula (6 lines broad) which are 

 shorter than the leaves. 



1054. (11). B. melastomafolia (Hook, et Arn.); fruticosa? 

 glaberrima, ramis sulcatis, foliis coriaceis (3 — 4 — pollicaribus) 

 ovato-lanceolatis serratis triplinerviis reticulatisque serratis 

 brevi-petiolatis supra rugosis subtus pallidioribus nervis 

 prominentibus, corymbis terminalibus axillaribusque pedun- 

 culatis aphyllis, involucri squamis paucis laxis, ext. brevibus, 

 int. linearibus obtusis uninerviis, acheniis sulcatis glaberrimis, 

 pappo ? flavescente sericeo uniseriali involucrum longe ex- 

 cedente. — Moist woods of Tucuman. Tweed ie (i\. 1185.) — A 

 very distinct and well-marked species, with deeply furrowed 

 branches and broad serrated leaves, wrinkled by the 

 copious reticulations, and resembling those of many Melas- 

 tomacecE. Female capitula nearly three-fourths of an inch in 

 diameter. 



1055. (12). B. anoinala{DC. Prodr.x.p. A^^)\ sufFruti- 

 culosa ramosa, caule tereti, ramis pubescentibus, foliis petio- 

 latis ovatis basi obtusis apice acute dentato-serratis trinerviis 

 supra sparse puberis subtus dense villosis, paniculis ramos 

 terminantibus laxis, invol. ^ squamis oblongo-linearibus acutis, 

 fl. masc. stylum exsertum gerentibus. DC. — Rio Grande, 

 St Catharine's and woody shores of Laijoa, S. Brazil. 

 Tweedie. — Leaves an inch long, exactly ovate, obtuse at the 



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