of the Class Composites. 227 



2. J. spectabilis, foliis pubescentibus : lobis acutis, floribus radi- 

 atis glomerato-paniculatis, ligulis patulis tridenticulatis. 

 In Guayaquil A. Tafalla. t? • 



Plctnta fruticosa, floribus niveis copiosissimis foliisque latissi- 

 mis viridibus ad florencli tempus ornatissima. Rami teretes, 

 obsolete velutini. Folia remote alterna, petiolata, subro- 

 tundo-cordata, 7 — 9-loba, membranacea, subtus copiose 

 pubescentia, reticulato-venosa, supn\ minute papilloso- 

 setulosa, asperiuscula, 3 — 5-uncialia, tunc fere spithamaea ; 

 ultima plurimum minora, 5-loba, basi vix emarginata : lobis 

 semi-ovatis, mucronulatis, acute dentatis s. rarius integer- 

 rimis ; intermedio paululum majore. Petioli bipollicares, 

 teretes, velutini, basi inappendiculati, concavi. Flores ter- 

 minates, copiosissimi, glomerato-paniculati, nivei, pulcher- 

 rimi. Pedicelli squamulosi, pubescentes. Bracteolce line- 

 ares, obtusae, patulae, velutinae. Involucra ovalia, insertione 

 depresso-umbilicata : squamis simplici ordine digestis, plu- 

 ribus (10 — 12) lanceolatis, acutis, leviter pubescentibus, 

 dorso convexis, margine membranaceis induplicatis, basi 

 callosa subtorulosis. Palece plurima?, distinctae, elliptico- 

 oblongse, acutiusculae, obtuse carinatae, pubescentes. Flos- 

 culi 21 circiter, bilabiati, hermaphroditi; exteriores majores, 

 radium constituentibus ; labio exteriore elliptico, triden- 

 ticulato patulo, nunquam revoluto ; interiore bipartito, 

 revoluto : segmentis lanceolato-linearibus, acutis. Antheree 

 appendicula lineari acuta terminatas, basi bisetae : sttis bre- 

 vibus, acutissimis, simplicibus. Stigmata linearia, revoluta, 

 apice truncata, pruinosa. Achenia longiuscula, triquetra, 

 papilloso-scabra. Pappus niveus, caducus : radiis apice 

 tantum plumosis. 



Pleocarphus. 



