SAUSSURE Æ. 245 
Akenia immatura teretiuscula, pilis cellulosis pubescentia 
subhyalina tenuissima. 
Tegument. unicum liberam. Embryo ordinis. 
Has. Assam. In arenosis Burrumpooter communis : March 
24, 1836. no. 449. 
Stylus basi valide bulbosus vasculorum fascic. 2, basi 
styli coalita vel approximata. Pollen globosum, 
Ejusdem generis cum precedent, no. 446. 
SAUSSUREJE. 
Saussuree sp. 
Pedunculi apice incrassati. Involucrum ovato-conicum, 
imbricatum, squamis exterioribus parvis, apice processu trian- 
gulari cristatis, foliaceis interioribus multo longioribus colo- 
Tatis, nudis. 
Receptaculum convexiusculum, paleis setaceo-subulatis. 
integerrimis ! hispidum. 
.Floseuli hermaphroditi tubulosi. Tubo gracile sursum 
VIX ampliato, lacinias 5 linearibus obtusis marginibus sub- 
lente modice augentis celluloso-crenatis, purpureo-rosaceis, v. 
Tecurrenti 0, — 1 
Anthere exsertze dimidium superius steril. processubus 
bases divisis, cellulosis. Stylus basi bulbosus. 
Ovaria oblonga striata, annulo apice obsoleto. 
Pappus plumosus decidius l-seriatus basi connatus pilis 
longissimis simplicissimis. Ovula libera, raphe, anti anthesin 
nulla, post completa. 
| Akenia, oblongo-obovata compressa. irregulariter costata, 
“unhea, Costis pallidis, coronata calycis limbo urceolata sub- 
mtegro discoque epigyno marcesco conico. 
"Has, Assam, I nosis. Bu ooter : March 23, 1836. 
Wan. « In arenosis, Burrump 
An generice differt a sequent, no, 431, p.—-involucra squa- 
