392 Linritsan Society. 



rum appendicibus llneari-elongatis, ligulis unilabiatis, caule erecto 

 ramosissimo. 



Chuquiraga. /. c. 16.2?. ~^^' 

 * CapitiiUs soUtariis, sessilibus. Anther'is bast hisetosis, Propriae. 



1. C oppositifolia, armata ; foliis oppositis! lanceolatis trinerviis, 

 spinis rectis geminatis. — Herb. Gillies. 



2. C. ruscifolia, ineimis ; foliis ovatis aveniis glabris, leceptaculo 

 favoso. — Herb. Gillies. 



3. C. hystrix, foliis subulatis ramulisque subsericeis, capitulis axilla- 

 ribus multifloris, receptaculo alveolate. — Herb. Gillies. 



4. C. acicularis, foliis subulatis ramulisque hirsutis, capitulis multi- 

 floris, receptaculo villosissimo. 



5. C. erinacea, foliis subulatis ramulisque pubescentibus, capitulis 

 sexfloris, receptaculo piloso. — Herb. Gillies. 



6. C. incana, foliis subulatis ramulisque tomentosis, capitulis multi- 

 floris, receptaculo nudiusculo. 



7. C. anomala, annua ! foliis linearibus planis spinuloso-mucronatis, 

 spinis fasciculatis, involucri squamis longissimis recurvatis, recep- 

 taculo glabro. — Herb. Gillies. 



** Capitulis paniculatis. Antheris basi bidentatis : appendiculd ter- 

 minali scepius bilobd. Erinesa. 



8. C. excelsa, foliis obovatis oblongisve saepe muticis pubescentibus, 

 spinis solitariis. 



Cyclolepis. 

 Stamina fauci inserta. Pappi radiis duplici ordine copiosissimis, 



apice penicillatis. 

 Frutex ramosissimus, canescens. Folia sparsa, lineari-lanceolata, 



acuminata, integerrima. Flores sparsi, subsincati. 

 1 . C. genistoides. — Herb. Gillies. 



Pentaphorus. I. c. 16. p. 296. 



1. V. pyrifolius, foliis elliptico-oblongis serrulatis venosis parce la- 

 nuginosis, floribus corymbosis. — Herb. Gillies. 



2. P. glutinosus, viscosissimus ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 integerrimis aveniis, floribus fasciculatis. — Herb. Gillies. 



3. v. fascicular is, foliis lanceolatis acutis denticulatis utrinque resi- 

 noso-punctatis venulosis, floribus fasciculatis, flosculis indefinitis. 

 — Herb. Gillies. 



April 3. — A paper was read, entitled, " A Description of a new 

 species of Pinus, by Mr. David Douglas, F.L.S. ; communicated by 

 the Horticultural Society." 



The subject of this paper, one of the most beautiful and interesting 

 species of Pinus yet known, was discovered by Mr. Douglas, in the 

 autumn of 1826, in the country southward of the river Columbia, 

 in Northern California. The specimens, and the description drawn 

 up on the spot, having been lost, together with the most important 

 part of the entire collection made at that time, the tree has hitherto 

 remained unknown to science. The author, however, having re- 

 discovered 



