of t he Class Composites. 217 



5. h.glandulosa, foliis sessilibus sinuato-dentatis, involucri squa- 

 mis mucronulatis. 

 Cum prascedente. Cahlclei/gh. ©. 



Ucrba lanugine alba glandulisque pedicellatis copiosissimis prre- 

 dita. Radix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, teres, 

 gracilis, spithamams v. pedalis. Folia radicalia brevissimt- 

 petiolata, cuneato-oblonga, patentia, acute sinuato-dentata, 

 sesqui- v. tri-pollicaria ; caulina inferiora conformia, sed 

 remotius dentata (dentibus mucronulo obtuso terminatis) ; 

 superiora lanceolata, acuminata, nunc integerrima, sub- 

 amplexicaulia, nunc rarius tripartita ! Flores plures, longe 

 pedunculati, intense rubicundi, necnon majores quam in 

 pra?cedente. Pedunculi recti, filiformes, unitiori, undique, 

 uti involucnim, copiose lanuginosi atque pilis glandulosis pa- 

 tulis praediti. Involucnim semiglobosum, truncatum, duplici 

 ordine imbricatum : squamis oblongis, mucronulatis, sub- 

 a?qualibus, adpressis, margine membranaceis. Receptaculum 

 scrobiculatum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, bilabiati ; 

 labio extcriore ligulato, tridenticulato, superficie asperius- 

 cula ; interior? bipartito : segmentis lineari-attenuatis, revo- 

 lutis, primum margine conglutinatis ; marginales multoties 

 majores, radium aemulantes. Anthera appendicula lineari- 

 lanceolata acutiuscula. membranacea terminate, basi bi- 

 setae : setis simplicibus, acutis, ipsa anther^ paulo breviori- 

 bus. Stigma bipartitum : laciniis recurvis, apice dilatato- 

 truncatis, papilloso-pruinosis. Achenia cuneata, compressa, 

 pilosissima. Pappus niveus, fugax : radiis eleganter phi- 

 mosis, ima basi in annulum connexis. 



The Trixis senecioides of Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora belongs, 

 as we have elsewhere stated, to this genus, whose receptacle is 

 certainly naked ; for the paleaceous scales attributed to its cir- 



2 f 2 cumference 



