of the Class Composite. c 287 



seems also to have been deceived with regard to the affinity of 

 this plant, as appears by specimens from him in the Lambertian 

 herbarium, marked " Bdrnadesia e.v Peri/via." 



** Capitulis paniculatis. Antheris basi bidentatis : appendiculd 

 terminali, bilobd. Erinesa. 



3. C. hispida, foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis subtus ramulis- 

 que setosis, spinis basi coadunatis, pednnculis armatis. 

 In Brasilia. Sello. \ • 



Frutex diffusus, spinosus. Caulis teres, cortice cinereo-fusco, 

 demum laeviusculo. Hamuli pilis setaceis persistentibus 

 fuscis copiose vestiti. Spina geminae, in ramulorum folio- 

 rumque axillis praecipue positae ; caulis erectae, rigidae, 

 subulatae, durissimae, basi coadunatae, saepe setis ornatae, 

 semunciam et ultra longae ; ramulorum brevissimae, recur- 

 vatae. Folia alterna, brevissime petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, 

 acuminata, integerrima, obsolete triplinervia, reticulato- 

 venosa, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus hispide pilosa, basi 

 parum attenuata, 3-pollicaria, uriciam v. sesquiunciam lata. 

 Petibli semicylindrici, hispidi, supra canaliculati, vix^lineas 

 longi. Flores terminales, plures, subpaniculati. Pedunculi 

 breves, uniflori, undique copiose fulvo-pilosi, spinis solitariis 

 geminisve reflexis, rectis, subulatis armati. Involucra semi- 

 pollicaria, cylindrica : squamis ovatis, spinuloso-mucronatis, 

 coriaceis, adpressis, margine ciliatis ; intimis conniventibus. 

 Receptaculum parvum, dense pilosum : pilis fulvis, brevibus. 

 Floscu/iS — 10, hermaphroditi, aequaliter tubulosi, coriacei: 

 tubo intus villosissimo : limbo regulari, 5-partito : segmentis 

 anguste linearibus, acutis, canaliculars, binerviis, erectis, 

 margine conniventibus, pube adpressa fulva sericeis. Fila- 

 menta gracillima, glabra, inferne corollae tubo adhaerentia. 

 Antherce in tubum coalitas, basi bidentataa : dentibus aequa- 

 vol. xvi. 2 p libus, 



