312 FLORA. OF SOUTH AMEUICA AND THE PACIFIC. 



Prodr. V. p. 54.9.— Mendoza and La x4guadita, province of 

 San Luis; Dr GiUies. Buenos Ayres and Monte Video; 

 Tweedie, (n.STa.) — Pappi palesepaucse, breves, 1 — 2 longiores 

 ut in Heliantho, sect. Harpalio^ at omnes in pappum coroni- 



formem coalitse, haud, ut in Heliantho, liberoe All authors 



indicate Chili as the native country of this plant; probably 

 Mendoza is meant in those cases; for we liave not seen any 

 specimens from the Chilian side of the Andes. 



SCALESIA.* Am. 



Capiiulum homogamum. Involucrum subbiseriale. Recep- 

 tnculum paleaceum. Palece lineares. Antherce nigricantes, 

 exsertae, ecaudatae, alis cordato-obiongis. Stylus Tagetis 

 (i. e. alte bifidus, ramis sursum latioribus, cono acuto supe- 

 ratis, pube e coni basi sursum adscendente deorsumque de- 

 scendente.) Achcenmm compressum, obcordatum, omnino 

 calvum,conforme, glabrum, disco epigyno inconspicuo. — Fru- 

 tex ex insulis Gallipagensibus. Folia lineari-lanceolato, utrin- 

 que attenuata, alterna, supra scahriuscula^ sublus pubescentia, 

 integerriiria. Capitula basi subintrusa, axillaria, breviter 

 pedunculata. 



1132. (1.) Scalesia atractyloides, Am. i?i Lindl. Nat. Syst. 

 p. 443. DC. Prod. vii. p. 308. — Hook. ic. ined. — Gallipagos ; 

 Cuming, {n. 106.). — A very distinct genus unlike any with 

 which we are acquainted. Leaves 4 — 6 inches long, much 

 attenuated at both extremities, subsessile, penninerved, sca- 

 brous above, downy and paler beneath, Capitula nearly an 

 inch broad. Involucre campanulate, slightly downy. Co- 

 rollas all tul)ular, pale, apparently white. Anther-tube ex- 

 serted, black, tipped with white. Palece nearly as long as 

 the florets, linear, rigid. 



1133. (1.) Encelia oblongifolia, DC. v. p. 567.— Chili; 

 Htenke. Gaudichaud. Macrae. Co(\\x\mbo; Cuming., {n. 909.) 

 — Intermediate, as it were, between E. parvifulia, and E. 

 catiescens. 



1134. (L) Leptocarpha rividaris, DC. Prodr. v. p. 495. 



* This ought, strictly speaking, to be excluded from the Flora we are now 

 describiu":. 



