2 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PLaTe 1102. 
STACHYCEPHALUM MEXICANUM, Sch. Bip. 
Compostra, Tribe HeLtantHorpE. 
Stachycephalum, i. Bip. gen. nov. Capitula a me radiata, 
flore radii 1 ? fertili, disci paucis @ sterilibus. Znvoluc ovoi ideum, 
post anthesin vix mutatu um, bracteis tenuiter membranaceis, una wa Tak concava 
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auriculis parvis acutis ecaudatis sagittatee. Stylus fl. 3 indivisus. Acheninm 
radii ovoideum, cmp ressiusculum, calvum, involucri bractea majore mem- 
branacea arcte in usum, pericar io crustaceo 5 “piety disci a. vacua. 
s. er Sch. Bip. sp. unica. 
Has. Mex ear Oaxaca, Franco. Described from a single specimen 
in the herbarium oft the late Dr. Schultz. Bipontinus, now forming part of 
that of M. Coss 
Heréa erecta, trichotoma, glabra v. vix superne minutissime puberula, 
ramis tenuibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovato-lan nceolata, acuminata, 
dentata, majora 2-33-pollicaria, petiolo gracili ad caulem ap aad dilatato. 
t iles, i ram S 
: pit. 
sessilia v. brevissime pedunculata. Jnvolwerum vix linea a Florum 
? lamina fere orbiculata, lineam diametro, patentissima v. reflex 
The genus is nearly allied to Milleria, but differs too sry in the involucre 
and general inflorescence to be united with it.—G. Ben 
"Figs. 1 and 2. Flower-head. 3. Female floret. 4. Su ummit of its style. 5. Achene, 
6. Disk- floret. 7. Three of its stamens. 8. Sterile pa Bi and style. 
Piate 1103. 
OLIV HA TRICUSPIS, Sch. Bip. 
Composit#, Tribe HELENIOIDER, 
Olivea, Sch. Bip. gen. nov. Capitula heterogama, radiata, floribus 
radii foemineis 1-seriatis discique hermaphroditibus fertilibus. Involucrum late 
