314 FLORA. OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. 



gato longe ante apicem aphyllo, involuci-i discum subjequan- 

 tis setis copiosis scabri pluriserialis foliolis omnibus acumina- 

 tis exterioribus recurvis, achenio'parce sericeo, paleis recep- 



taculi apice hirsutis mucronalis Heliantbus heteropappus, 



Gill. mst. — San Pedro, Mendoza; D?' Gillies. 



1138. (4.) L. Tucuma7iensiSf (H. etA.); ramis fruticosis gla- 

 bris sulcato-angulatis, foliis alternis lineari-elongatis utrinque 

 attenuatis integerrimis sessilibus uiiinervibus supra scabris 

 subtus leeviusculis, pedunculis elongatis bracteatis glabris ex 

 axillis prope apicem ramorum folium suba3quantibus, involucri 

 discum suba?quantis foliolis ovato-acuminalis profunde striatis 

 inferne glabriusculis erecto-imbricatis versus apicem herbaceis 

 pubescenti-ciliatis subrecurvis, acheniis glabris marginibus 

 obscure sericeis, — Near Tucuman ; Tweedie, (?j, 1203.) — 

 Leaves frequently G-7 inches long. Involucral scales deeply 

 furrowed, and almost wholly glabrous. Pa[)pus of 4-5 une- 

 qual acuminated palete. 



** Foliis oppositis. 



1139. (5.) L. buphfhalmijlora, (De Cand. Prodr. 5. p. 

 583?) herbacea hispida, foliis oppositis plus minusve lineari- 

 bus v, oblongis acutis v. acuminatis subinciso-serratis supra 

 subtusque inter venas glabris, pedunculo elongate solitario, 

 involucro discum subasquante biseriali, foliolis subsequilongis 

 hispidis adpressis oblongis foliaceis, achenio subpiloso, pappo 

 brevi, paleis receptaculi membranaceis acuminatis. — L. bup- 



thalmoides. Honk, et Am. mst /3. foliis linearibus. — Banda 



Orientale, San Isidro, Kio Grande, and Buenos Ayres, and 



Uraguay; Baird; Tweedie; M. Isabelle /3. Maldonado; 



Tweedie, — Fiowers large, showy. The leaves are certainly 

 very variable both in the toothing and in breadth. Perhaps 

 L. calendidacea, DC, may be a state of this very common 

 plant of South Brazil and the Platte rivei'. 



1140. (6.) L. Silphioides {H. Ik A.); herbacea? hispida, 

 foliis petiolatis oppositis in petiolum decurrentibus, cauli- 

 nis sagittato-ovatis inciso-dentatis angulatisque, superioribus 

 hastato-oblongis serratis, omnibus supra venisque subtus cal- 

 loso-hispidis subtus inter venas veUitinis vel dense pubescen- 



