198 COMPOSITAE. [ Tetramolopium. 
as long as the shoe strap-shaped, revolute, 2—3-toothed. Achenes pu- 
berulous, stay 1“, with a strong facial nerve (exceptionally 2) on each 
side, those of ‘hs ae all empty and terete. Bristles of pappus white, 
few, as tise as the achene, shorter than the disk. 
W. Maui! above Maalaea bay; Lanai! 
2. T. tenerrimum, Nees, Aster. p. 203. —— Low decumbent, 6—9' high, 
only the pranigt branches foliose. Leayes patent, linear-spathulate, very 
acute, entire, 6—14" long, the expanded portion aa noulbrastee into 
a long sions base, the uppermost erect, needle-shaped, nelled above 
as in T. Remyi, the lowest reflected, expanded and idee even tri- 
cuspid as in 7. Chamissonis, membranous and papillo-ciliate. Peduncles 
one or three to four from near the end of the branch, 1—2‘ long, pro- 
titted beyond the leaves, slender, with a few filiform bracts, bearing 4 
single large head of 31/2—5“ in diam. Invol. scales linear, acute, more 
than 1/2 the length of the head. Disk-fl. 12 to 16, Pa cimpe 11/2“ long, 
the campanulate limb as long as the tube. Ra ay- in one row, white, 
exserted, their ligules as long as the tubes or Groce paretny expanded 
or reyolute. Achenes 1”, glabrate, obovate, flat, with thick margins and 
-nerved faces, those of the disk all empty. Pappus as long as the 
achene, shorter eae the disk, dirty white. —- DC. Prod. V, 262. — Vittadimia 
tenerrima, Gray, 1. c. — Aster tenerrimus, Less. - Linnaea, VI, 120. 
ys car omuerygeal nd Macrae. I met with it on the S. E. slope of Kaala in Makaha. 
he e perfect specimens gathered by aba self have bith for the enero older 
eee: cider en linear, even acerose lea 
3. T. humile, Hill — Low decumbent, 4—8’ high, quite villous 
with ‘curly viscous ay gpedeoies dichotomous from a woody base into 
short and thick branches, both latest and older sets densely foliose. 
Leaves linear-spathulate, about '/2‘ long, acuminate, the base une 
, . ES wat c 
single from the end of a branch, 1—2‘, thick and stiff, with 2 or 4 linear 
bractlets. Heads 6—-10“ in diam. Invol. scales lanceolate-linear, acute, 
scabrous or hispid, 1/s shorter than the disk. Disk-fl. 10 to 18, pale 
purple, 3“ long, with slender tube, and funnel- ‘eu limb. Ray-fl. 20 to 
24, in one row, scarcely longer than the disk, their ligules not exceeding 
‘is the length of the tube, and decreasing toward the circumference, 
3-dentate. Achenes of disk and ray alike, those of the former all fertile, 
elongate from a narrow base, 1'/2, pubescent, with nerveless faces. 
Bristles of pappus twice as long as the nclienee: numerous (36—40); 
apparently in more than one row, fulvous, equalling the disk or exceeding 
it. — Vittadinia onsets ey iopsis), Gray, 1. ¢ p. 118, and Hook. & 
Benth. Gen. Pl. IT 
Maui! Haleakala pean 
