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* OXYCjRA chrysanthemoides. 



Ox -eye- like Oxyura. 



Nat. ord. Composite. 



OXYURA. De Cand. in Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot. ed. 2. page 259. 

 Involucrum simplici serie verticlUatum, foliolis herbaceis patentibus basibus suis 

 cucullatis flosculos radii involventibus. Flosculi radii fere neutri; pappo O, 

 stylo bilobo, corolld ligulatgl triloba. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi, bracteis 

 basi membranaceis apice herbaceis stipati ; pappo O ; corolld infundlbulari, pube- 

 scente, basi paulo gibbosa; antheris muticis ; styli ramis subulatis acutis dorso 

 villosis. Receptaculum planum. 



Oxyura chrysanthemoides. D. C. in Herb. Hort. Soc. Lond. 



Annua., erecta, ramosa, leviter pubescens. CanMs purpurascens. Folia 

 inferiora pinnatifida, laciniis linearibus obtusis sublobatis ; superiora sen- 

 sim magis integra, suprema integerrima, omnia margine scabriuscula. 

 Capitula solitaria, pedunculo subclavato tomentoso. Involucrum planiuscu- 

 lum, foliolis serie simplici verticillatis, herbaceis, ligulatis, obtusis, basi 

 ovaria flosculorum radialium involventibus ; angulis dorsalibus hispido'Cchi- 

 natis. Llgulae lato-oblongce, involucro paulo longiores, triloboe, basi lutecE, 

 apice pallidce. Flosculi disci infundibulares, ovario compresso glabro calvo 

 (incuria pictoris pessime reprcesentatur hirsutum pappo irregulari setoso) ; 

 tubus teres basi paululum gibbosus, pubescens, limbi erecti longitudine. 

 Paleae receptaculi membranacece, pilosce, apice herbacece, barbatce, corol- 

 larum fere longitudine. 



A new genus of Compositae, placed by M. De Candolle, in 

 his catalogue of the genera of that order in the second edition 

 of my Natural System of Botany, in the subdivision Madieae, 

 of the division Galinsogeae, of the suhtrihe Helenieae, of the 

 tribe Senecionideae, of his first series Tubuliflorse, which nearly 

 answers to the Corymbiferae of Jussieu. 



* It is supposed that this word is formed from oi,vc, sharp, and ovpa, a tail, but 

 its application is not obvious. 



