of the Class Composite. 1£)1 



ticulis plurimis perexiguis instrncta, membranacea, deorsum 

 attenuata, imd basi auriculato-cordata, 3 — 5-pollicaria, lati- 

 tudine pollicaria v. sesqui-pollicaria, supra gramineo-viri- 

 dia, nunc glabra, subtus pallida, villosiuscula. Flores nutan- 

 tcs, paniculati, lutescentes. Paiiicula terrninalis, divaricata, 

 mult i flora. Pedunculi flexuosi, pediceltique copiose pubes- 

 centes. Bracteola paucissima?, lanceolato-subulatae, recur- 

 vuhe, pubescentes. Involucrum duplici serie poly-(13 — 16)- 

 phyllum, velutinum : foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, politis, 

 membranaceis ; intimis plurimum longioribus. Recepiacu- 

 lum villosum. Flosculi 12 — 14, bilabiati, liermaphroditi ; 

 labio exteriore ligulato, 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartito : 

 segmcntis lanceolato-subulatis, apice puberulis. Antherct ap- 

 pendicuhl lineari-lanceolata obtusiuscula ipsa anthera lon- 

 giore, basi setis 2 simplicibus munita?. Stigma bipartitum : 

 laciniis recurvis, apice truncatis, minute papillosis. Acheula 

 longiuscula, compressa, undique papilloso-glandulosa. Pap- 

 pus capillaris, flavicans, caducus, denticulis scaber. 



The figure given in the Nova Genera et Species is accurate as 

 to the general character of the plant ; but the leaves are repre- 

 sented with a perfectly entire margin, which is clearly an error ; 

 for there can be no question as to the identity of the two plants, 

 and indeed the description of M. Kunth shows that the figure is 

 faulty in this respect. I have no doubt that the Perdicium auri- 

 culatum given in the Botanical Magazine (tab. 2765.) is really 

 this plant, and that it is not, as there erroneously stated, from 

 Brazil, but had been imported from Peru. 



*** Involucrum basi bracteis 5 amplis foliaceis obvallattim : foliolis 

 simplici ordine digest is. Flosculi plurimi. Alcithoe. 



6. T. longifolia, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis integerri- 



mis laevibus. 

 vol. xvi. 2 c Perdicium 



