of the Class Composite. 215 



plicibus longis aucta?, appendicula lineari acutA anthera 

 ipsa longiore terminate. Stigma bipartitum : segmentis 

 semicylindricis, revolutis, apice dilatato-truncatis, papil- 

 loso-pruinosis. Ackenia oblonga, compressa, undique se- 

 tulosa. Pappus albus, fugax : radiis plumosis, simplici 

 ordine digestis, ima basi connexis. 



** Involucri squamis duplici ordine dispositis, subaqualibus. Cas- 



siopea. 



3. L. cinerea, foliis petiolatis pinnatifidis : lobis subrotundis den- 

 tatis, involucri squamis mucronulatis. 

 In Chili, aridis arenosis ad urbem Conceptionis. Ruiz et 

 Pawn. q. 



Herba facie Senecionis viscosa, niveo-lanata. Radix capillaceo- 

 fibrosa. Caulis erectus, teres, ramulosus, altitudine per- 

 quam varius, bi- v. tri-pollicaris, nunc palmaris v. spitha- 

 maeus. Folia alterna, petiolata, cuneato-oblonga, sinuoso- 

 pinnatifida, subtus densii\s lanata, basi attenuata, uncialia 

 v. sesquiuncialia : segmentis subrotundo-ovatis, nunc tra- 

 pezoideo-ovatis, mucronulatis, margine paululum reflexis, 

 dentibusque inaequalibus mucronulatis instructis, 3 lineas 

 longis. Petioli lineares, margine membranaceo-alati, sub- 

 tus convexiusculi, striati, hinc inde lanati, vix unciales. 

 Flores pauci (3 — 5) magnitudine et facie fere Senecionis 

 elegantis, pedunculosi, rubicundi. Involucrum globosum, 

 duplici v. rar6 subtriplici ordine polyphyllum, imbrica- 

 tum : squamis ellipticis sive elliptico-oblongis, mucronu- 

 latis, membranaceis, adpressis, longitudine subsequalibus, 

 extus glanduloso-pubescentibus, apice sanguineo-coloratis. 

 Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, bilabiati ; labio exteriore \iga- 

 lato, elliptico-oblongo, tridentato ; interiore bipartito, revo- 

 luto : segmentis linearibus, obtusiusculis, margine congluti- 



vol. xvj. 2 f natis. 



