TABULA 3055. 
VITTADINIA DISTICHA, S. Moore. 
ComposiTaE. Tribus ASTEROIDEAE. 
if S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, vol. ix. ined. ; 
Os hes nova, foliis angustis confertis distichis sericeis distinctissima. 
Planta humilis, saepe 6 cm., rarius ad 10 cm. alta, caule lignoso, 
ramos complures dense foliosos emittente. Folia sessilia, bifariatim 
arcte imbricata, lineari-teretia, obtusa, 8-10 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, 
marginibus maxime involutis, argyracea, deinde fusca. Capitula 
mediocria ramos terminantia, breviter pedunculata, 21-flora, pedunculo 
primum 3 mm. demum 10 mm. longo. IJnvolucrum hemisphaericum, 
phyllis 3—-4-seriatis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis vel subacutis 3-5-5 mm 
i es 
longis extra eh cels. | r . e abbreviatae, e 
pappo hau Vix e lineares vel lineari-oblongae, apice 
integrae Flores disci RapHE corolla 5-fida, inferne anguste cylin- 
drica, superne campanulata, 4-5 m. longa; antherae inclusae ; stylus 
oblongo-turbinata, dense sericea. Pappi — 2-seriatae, paucae, 
scabridae, fulvae, 5 mm. longae.—H. N. Rip 
New Guinea: Mt. Carstensz, 3150-3750 m., C. B. Kloss. 
Fia. 1, leaf; 2, bracts ; 3, ray-flower; 4, disk-flower; 5, pappus; 6, anthers ; 
7, style-arms. All enlarged. 
