34 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. 



rosmarinifoUa of the 3(] section, in which he is certainly 

 correct. 



1078. (35.) B. attenuata (Don mst.); annua? erecta elon- 

 gata stricta, raniis angulato-striatis, foliis plerisque oppositis 

 coriaceis lanceolatis obscure trinerviis remote dentato-serratis 

 basi attenuatis gracilibus subpetiolatis, capituhs glomeratis 

 sessihbus vel pedunculatis spicas interruptas terminales for- 

 mantibusjinvolucri campanulati squamis ext. ovatis, int. ovato- 

 lanceolatis. — Pampas of Buenos Ayres. Dr Gillies {n. 1T4.) 

 Tweedie {n. 1125), Dr Baldivin [in Herb. Nosir.) Uraguay. 

 Tweedie. — Leaves 2 — 4 inches long, 3 — 6 hnes broad. Pap- 

 pus deep tawny, considerably longer than the involucre in 

 the female plant. Dr Gillies describes the plant as having 

 the odour of honey. — May this not be the same as B. Pla- 

 tensis^ Spr. et DC. At any rate it should be placed between 

 that and B. suhopposita, DC. 



1079. (36). B. Tucumanensis (Hook, et Arn.) ; fruticosa 

 glabra, ramiserectis angulatis, foliis alternissubcoriaceis ellipti- 

 cislanceolatisqiie basi cuneatis in petiolum attenuatis oblique 

 penninerviis (costa distincta nervis obscuris) acutis integerri- 

 mis vel {inlatioribus hie illic dentatis),capitnlis4 — 6 ad apicem 

 ramorum et in pedunculos axillares solitarios glomeratis, invo- 

 lucri lato-campanulati multifloris quamis ext. ovatis, int. line- 

 ari-obiongis, omnibus margine eroso-fimbriatis. — a. foliis latio- 

 ribus subdentatis. Sides of the mountain St Xavier, Tucuman, 

 just above the woods. Tiveedie (n. 1099 and 1184). — ,5. foliis 

 angustioribus fere omnibus integerrimis. Wood-sides of Tu- 

 cuman. Tweedie (n. 1192). — This would seem to be a tall 

 growing shrub, with leaves three inches and more long, 

 scarcely dotted. Peduncles two inches and more long, bear- 

 ing glomerules of capitula at the extremity, naked, or occa- 

 sionally with one or two leaves. 



1080. (37). B. daphnoides (Hook, et Arn.) ; fruticosa gla- 

 bra, ramis angulatis, foliis alternis ellipticis obtusiusculis trans- 

 versim obscure penninerviis basi cuneatis in petiolum brevem 

 attenuatis margine omnino interrerrimis tenuiter revolutis 

 supra coriaceis subtus obscure squamuloso-punctatis, corymbis 



