of the Class Composites. 241 



pressis, sanguineo-coloratis ; exterioribus \nnugmosis; intimis 

 elongatis, acuminatis, radiatis. Flosculi albi ; radii plurimi, 

 30 circiter, foeminei, duplici ordine dispositi, lineari-ligu- 

 lati ; extimis multoties majoribus, involucri squamis intimis 

 vix lono-ioribus, obtuse tridenticulatis, radium distinctum 

 constituentibus ; labio interiore minimo, bipartito : laciniis 

 anguste linearibus, obtusulis, ineequalibus, rectis ; disci mas- 

 culi, tubulosi, bilabiati ; labio exteriore ligulato, obtuse 

 3-dentato ; interiore bifido : laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, 

 obtusis. Anthera basi bisetee, appendicula lineari-ligu- 

 lata cartilaginea coronatoe. Stigma masculis inclusum bi- 

 lobum, clavatum ; foemineis exsertum, bifidum : lobis obtu- 

 sis, papilloso-pruinosis. Achenia elliptica, ancipiti-com- 

 pressa, glabra : disco epigyno dilatato, planiusculo. Pappus 

 capillaris, cinereo-fulvellus, denticulis scaber. 



2. C. ovalis, foliis petiolatis ovalibus, involucris hirsutissimis. 

 Perdicium ovale. Herb. R. et P. 



In Peruvia ad Huassahuassi et Churapallanam. Ruiz et 

 Pavon. 1/ . 



Herba csespitosa. Radix compacta, fibris numerosissimis, lon- 

 gissimis, fuscis. Folia plura, radicalia, petiolata, ovalia v. 

 subrotundo-ovalia, coriacea, or& angustissima, recurvata, 

 denticulis ovatis, obtusis, nudis, adpresse reflexis, costa 

 media, valida, nervisque transversis atque venis prope 

 marginem anastomosantibus ; supra demum calva, viridia, 

 lucida ; subtus dense fulvo-lanata : basi transversa, v. atte- 

 nuate; 2 v. 2{ pollices longa, sesquiunciam lata. Petioli 

 semiteretes, simplices, sesquiunciales, undique fulvo-lanati. 

 Scapus dodrantalis, erectus, filiformis, uniflorus, undique 

 lan& fulva copiose vestitus, squamisque nonnullis lanceo- 

 latis, obtusis, membranaceis, nudis, adpressis munitus. Flos 



2 i 2 nutans, 



