226 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 



Planta fruticosa, subscandens, sarmentosa. Canlis ramosus, teres, 

 glaber. Rami cylindrici, flexuosi, dense pannoso-tomentosi, 

 fulvescentes. Folia remote alterna, petiolata, 5 — 7-loba, 

 circumscriptione orbiculato-cordata, supra pilis brevibus 

 recumbentibus aspera, subtus venis prominentibus varicosa, 

 tomento albo copiosissimo obruta, holosericea, 2 — 3 uncias 

 longa, latitudine aequalia : lobis rotundatis, repando-crenatis, 

 nunc intewerrimis. Petioli unciales, teretes, dense ful- 

 vescenti-tomentosi, basi crassiore inappendiculati, pennam 

 corvinam crassitie caeterum aequantes. Corymbi terminales, 

 compositi, dense fulvescenti-tomentosi. Involucra sphae- 

 rica, basi bracteolis aliquot lineari-subulatis munita : squa- 

 mis simplici ordine plurimis (15 — 20) lanceolatis, acumina- 

 tis, tomentosis, aequalibus, margine membranaceis, indu- 

 plicatis, dorso convexis. Palea plurimae, lanceolatae, acuta?, 

 membranacese, obtuse carinatae, dorso apiceque nigricante 

 puberulis. Flosculi SO circiter, lutei, hermaphroditi, bila- 

 biati : labiis revolutis ; exteriore elliptico-oblongo, obtuse 

 tridenticulato ; interiore bifido : laciniis linearibus, obtusis. 

 Anthera appendicula lineari-lanceolata acutA, cartilaginefi 

 coronatae, basi bisetae : setis brevibus, acutis, simplicibus. 

 Stylus tenuis, glaber. Stigmata lineari-lingulata, truncata, 

 pruinosa. Achenia longiuscula, triquetra, papilloso-scabra. 

 Pappus fugax, albus : radiis tenuissimis, plumosis. 



Obs. Rami hujus plantas ad sarmenta Vitis non paulo referunt. 

 Vulgo Vingri-Vingri. Floret Februario et Martio. Flores 

 valde fragrantes, lutei. Ruiz Mss. 



The Dumerilia paniculata of DeCandolle is distinguished from 

 this species by the lobes of its leaves being longer, somewhat 

 acute, and the margin more deeply and abruptly crenated, and 

 finally by the trifid ligulate lip of the corolla, which in this is 

 terminated by three small teeth only. 



2. J. spec- 



