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10. Senecio volubilis ; scandens, glabriusculus, foliis oblongo- 

 ovatis sublonge petiolatis repando-dentatis basi acutis 

 cordatisve, paniculis dense corymbosis in ramos breves 

 terminantibus. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



Habit of a Cacalia. Its nearest affinity is probably with 

 the S. macrophyllus of Humb. and Kunth ; but that species 

 has a pair of stipules at the base of the petiole, which does 

 not exist in the present. 



11. Werneria rigida ; foliis stellato-imbricatis linearibus ob- 

 tusis, involucro sub 13-fido subcolorato. Humh. et Kuntlh 

 Nov. Gen. v. 4. jo. 191. 



Hab. Pasco. 



VI. HELIANTHE^. 



12. Spilanthes albus. L'Herit. Stirp. p. 7. t. 4. Pers. Syn. 

 PL V. 2. p. 393. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



13. Wiborgia parvijlora. Humh. et Kunth., Nov. Gen. v. 4. p. 

 256. — Galinsogea parviflora. Cav, Ic. v. 3. p. 41. t. 281. 

 Willd. Sp. PL V. 3. p. 2228.— Wiborgia Acmella. Roth. 

 — Bidens mercurialis, &c. FeuilL Per, v. 1. p. 744. t. 

 32. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



In the large teeth of the leaves, this resembles the W. 

 urticifolia of Humb. and Kunth; but the fruit is crowned 

 with linear scales. 



14. Wiborgia ? ohlongifolia ; tota planta pilis appressis albis 

 aspera, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis triplinerviis grosse serratis 

 basi attenuatis subsessilibus, involucro polyphyllo, recep- 

 taculi squamis linearibus hispidis, pappo piloso brevissimo. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



Herbacea, valde ramosa (ramis oppositis) atque foliosa. Folia 

 2-4-pollicaria, rigidiuscula. Pedicelli duas uncias longi, 

 axillares, solitarii. Involucruni hemisphaericum, imbri- 

 catum, squamis oblongis, obtusis, sequalibus. CoroUce 

 radii bidentati. 



