190 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Genera arid Species 



reo-lanata, lana villosa nunc lutescenti, sesqui- v. bipolli- 

 caria, semunciam lata. Flores corymbosi, magni, aurei. 

 Corymbus simplex, terminalis pluri-(5 — 7)florus. Pedunculi 

 robusti, unitlori, teretes, ut et involucrum, glandulis pedi- 

 cellatis oranino induti, viscosissimi, foliolis aliquot (2 — 4) 

 caeteris foliis simillimis, at perquam minoribus, instructi. 

 Involucrum duplici ordine polyphyllum : foliolis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, obtuse carinatis ; praeterea bracteolce 

 pauca', lanceolate, acuta?, subtus tomentosae, breviores. 

 Receptaculum dense villosum. Flosculi numerosi, herma- 

 phroditi, tubo longo, limbo bilabiati : labiis revolutis ; ex- 

 teriore ligulato, obtuse 3-denticulato ; interiore bipartito : 

 laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, spiraliter convolutis. Antherce 

 appendicul^t lineari-Ianceolata acuta terminate, basi longe 

 bisetae : setis simplicibus, muticis. Stigma bifidum : lobis 

 recurvis, semiteretibus, supra canaliculatis, apice truncato, 

 papilloso-barbulato. Achenia subteretia longiuscula, undi- 

 que papilloso-scabra. Pappus pilosus, niveus, denticulis 

 scaber. 

 This is totally distinct from the Perdicium brasiliense of Lin- 

 naeus, as will hereafter appear. 



5. 'J', divaricata, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis denticulatis basi 

 auriculatis, floribus paniculatis, involucri foliolis lanceo- 

 latis membranaceis. 



Perdicium divaricatum. Kunth in II. et B. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 

 PL 4. p. 155. t. 355. 



P. auriculatum. Bot. Mag. t. 2165. 



In Peru via. Ruiz et Pavon. t? . 



Caulis fruticosus, teres, flexuosus, ut videtur scandens, diva- 

 ricato-ramosissimus, cortice fulvello pubescente inclutus. 

 Folia alterna, sessilia, lanceolata, acuminata, margine den- 

 ticulis 



