224 COMPOSITAE. {Raillardia. 
Corollae purplish, exserted, the limb little dilated, deeply 5-cleft. Pappus 
chaffy, the broad lanceolate rays slit at the apex, very shortly ciliate and 
only woh as Ses as the sparingly hispid, often curved achenes. 
Ka — Distinguished from all its congeners by the broad rays of the 
A ores ge ag are ag at all plumose. Gray omits to mention that the leaves are ternate. 
6. D. raillardioides, sp. ». — Branches glabrate, purplish, Ee 
the annular cicatrices ciliate. Leaves ternate, sessile, lanceolate, 4—5‘ X 
3/4—1/, sharply pointed and remotely denticulate, contracting oie the 
broad base, 7—9-nerved, glabrous, chartaceous. Flower-heads obconical, 
5—6“ long, racemose on the ascending branches of a large, compound, 
scarcely projecting, foliose, viscoso- pubescent corymb, the ultimate pedicels 
—4", Inyol. 3“ long, glabrous, purple, its 6—8 narrow lanceolate bracts 
connate into a cylindrical or obconical toothed cup. Receptacle flat, naked 
in the few-flowered heads, Sor 2 or 3 flat and small paleae when the 
florets are numerous. Florets 8—14. Corollae slightly exserted beyond 
the pappus, orange to pu ate funnel -shape Style- branches long, 
plano-convex, clavate, with a short conical petal. iieions linear, 3”, 
sparingly hispid, 5-angular. Pappus of a dirty straw-color, its flat 
eevee tye is connate with the broadish bases and very minutely ciliate. 
Ka aimea (Knudsen and Wawra). — A remarkable species which connects 
closely the ssa with the gh genus. Th t has oie oo habit of Du- 
bautia, the leaves not differing from thos e of D. os the p also, although 
somewhat peculiar, bea ars the eharacter of the genus, but as to na ona ere it is alto- 
gether raillardioid. The invol. b ing at maturity nate ne splits 0 only 
on one or two sides. No inoicction as to habit accom mpa anies Mr. ene, 
but as both of them are herbaceous, although thick, the plant is itkely to +6 low P suftraticose. 
23. RAILLARDIA, Gaud. 
Flower heads as in Dubautia. Invol. cylindrical or campanulate, its 
bracts in one row, flat and more or less connate. Receptacle small, convex 
or almost co nical, naked. Tube of corolla slender. 
the insertion the filaments, the limb campanulate, 5-fid. Anthers 
dentate at om base, appendiculate. Style-branches elongate, clavato- 
complanate, with lanceolate or subulate appendages, recurved or spirally 
Achenes narrow, attenuate at the base, 4- to 5-angular. Pappus 
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longer, setoso-plumose, with a stiff rhachis. — Shrubs or small trees, 
resinous, with ternate, alternate or opposite, sessile, entire leaves. Flowers 
in terminal racemes, panicles or corymbs, yellow 
A Hawaiian genus, which however has a close relative in oe Californian Raillardella, 
Gray. ‘ 
Leaves penni-nerved, eects ee Pee eee oe are ges ee 
Leaves I-nerved, altern ‘ : : : 9. R. scabra. 
Leaves I-neryed, ; 
Branches naked above; flowers in a corymb ; . R. laxiflora. 
Branches foliose throughout; flowers in a raceme or panicle d ; R. ciliolata. 
