DIOECIA BIANDRIA. 



667 



1 



Foemineu Amentum 



Fertile Jlorets, 



cylindraceum. Calyx ments cylindrical. 



A- 



Ca- 



squama 



Corolla 0. lyx'Si scale. Corolla 0. 



Stylus 2-fidus. Capsula Style 2-cIeft. Capsvle 



1-IocuIaris. 



Semina papposa. 



2-vaIvis, 1 celled, 



2-vaIved. 



Seed crowned > with a 

 pappus. 



J" 



* Fo His 



integerri- 



^' Leaves entire or 



mis aut obsolete serra- obscurely serrate. 



lis. 



1. MUIILEKBERGIAIN 



A 



Willd 



S. foliis lanceolatis/ 1 Leaves lanceolate, 



, subinte- nearly acute and en- 



acutiusculis 



gerrimis, pubescent!- ) tire, pubescent, boary, 



rugosely veined under 



canis,subtus rugoso-ve 



nosis, 

 lis 



margme 



stipulis 

 lanceolatis 



5 



3 



revolu- 

 deciduis, 



amentis 



praecocibus diandris, 



sguamis oblongis mar- 



gine villosis; germini- 

 bus 



sericeo-villosis 

 pedicellatis; stylo bre 

 vi; stigmatibus bifidis. 



neatb, with the mar- 

 gins revolute; stipules 



deciduous lanceolate 



9 



araents appearing be- 



ovato-lanceolatis, 



longe 



fore the leaves 

 drous 



? 



? 



di an 

 scales oblong, 



villous 



the 



germs ovate-lanceolate, 



m a rgi ns 



5 



cloathed 



with 



silken 



hairs, on long pedicels; 



style 

 two-cleft. 



short 



5 



stigmas 



/ 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 692. 



Walt 



609. Nutt. 2. p. 231 



A shrub 1 — 4 feet high, often decumbent with pubescent branches. 

 Leaves lanceolate, nearly acute, entire, though sometimes furnishW with 

 1 or 2 obsolete teeth, hoary and pubescent on the upper surface, white and 

 tomentose underneath. Stipules short, lanceolate, deciduous. Scales of 



