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Sect. II. Herbacei. 



2028. (5i2.) S. pulcher, (H. & A.); simplex vel ramosus 

 arachnoideo-tomentosus lana deciilua, foliis oblongc-lanceo- 

 latis crenato-dentatis radicalibus sequilonge petiolatis cauliuis 

 remotis sessilibus superioribus semiamplexicaulibus paulu- 

 lumque decurrentibus, capitulis magtiis coryinbosis involucri 

 latissime campanulati subhaemisphaerici foliolis calyculatis non 

 sphacelatis pubescenti-lanatis obtusis, ligulis sub-20 latis 



(purpureis) disco longioribus Moist places at the foot of 



the Sugar-loaf mountain, near Maldonado, and at Aldoa, 

 west of Portalegre, S. Brazil; Tiveedie, {n. 1071, 1072.) 

 This is a splendid plant, from one to three or four feet high, 

 with flowers two inches and more in diameter, the ray 

 purple. 



2029. (23.) S. Brunonianus, (H. & A.) ; annuus albo-pu- 

 bescenti-tomentosus ramosus, ramis striatis, foliis inferioribus 

 lanceolato-spathulatis integris reliquis lineari-lanceolatis ob- 

 tusis pinnatifidis lobis brevibus insequalibus, corymbis foliosis, 

 involucri campanulati glabri bracteolis minutis ca]3'culati 

 foliolis acuminatis sphacelatis, ligulis lato-linearibus sub- 12 

 disco longioribus. — Coquimbo; Cuming, (n. 898.) — This has 

 a small annual tap-root, throwing up three or four stems, 

 which are a span to a foot high, and dichotomously branched 

 every where, as w^ell as the leaves hoary with whitish tomen- 

 tum, more lax and arachnoid on the branches, and terminated 

 by many yellow flowers, an inch and a half in diameter. 



2030. (24.) S. adenotrichivs, {DC. Prod. vi.p. 416?) ; elatus 

 totus hirsuto-vel pubescenti-glandulosus, caule striate, foliis 

 sessilibus pinnatifidis ac inciso-lobatis segmentis acutis, co- 

 rymbis amplis polycephalis foliosis, capitulis magnis, involucri 

 calyculati late campanulati foliolis acutis exterioribus subu- 

 latis laxis interiora subaequantibus, ligulis numerosis angustis 

 vix discum sequantibus. — Chili, near Quillota; Bridges, 

 (r2.391.) Andes of Chili; Cuming, {n. 168.) — Avery tall grow- 

 ing plant, with thick, herbaceous, striated, or almost angular 

 stems, and numerous copiously leafy branches. Leaves three, 



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