of the Class Composltce. 283 



ciduous, and the older branches consequently devoid of hairs, 1 

 have no doubt that these two presumed species, as well as the 

 C. lancifolia, will be found to possess the same characters, and 

 that they will prove to be only different states of the same plant, 

 as M. Kunth has already suspected. 



2. C. spinosa, armata ; foliis patulis, setis antherarum inaequali- 



bus. 

 Bacasia spinosa. Ruiz et Pavon Syst. Veg. Ft. Per. et Chi/, i. 



p. 188. 

 In Peruviae subalpinis et praeruptis frigidis ad Huarocheri, 



Tarmae et Cantae provincias. Ruiz et Pavon. h . Fl. Maio 



et Junio. Jiilgd Clavelon de Serranias. 



Frutex bipedalis, erectus, ramosissimus, spinosus, cortice fusco 

 scabro obductus. Ramu/i copiose adpresseque pilosi. Fo/ia 

 alterna, sessilia, patentia, ovato-lanceolata, coriacea, plana, 

 avenia, margine calloso integerrima, basi angustiori, spina 

 subulata recta terminata, subtu.s convexiuscula, costA va- 

 lida carinata, juventute utrinque hirsutissima, sed deni- 

 que omnino denudata, perlucida, atomis resinosis con- 

 spersa, semipollicaria, 2 — 3 lineas lata. Spi/ue proprice 

 (folia mutata) axillares, plerumque geminoe, subulata^, di- 

 varicato-patentes, saepe foliorum longitudine. Flores in 

 apice ramulorum solitarii, sessiles, minores quam in pras- 

 cedente. Involucrum turbinato-campanulatum, multiplici 

 ordine polyphyllum, itnbricatum, nunc pedunculo brevis- 

 simo undique squamoso suffultum : squamis adpressis, lan- 

 ceolatis, spinuloso-mucronatis, pungentibus, sericeo-villo- 

 sissimis (villis fulvescentibus) ; interiovibus gradatim longi- 

 oribus ; intimis elongatis, erectis, subscariosis, radiatis. Re- 

 ceptaculum dense villoso-lanatum. Flosculi pauciores (15 — 

 20), regulares, hermaphroditi, minus profunde 5-partiti : 



sesmentis 



