14 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Frutex bipedalis. Rami teretes, dichotomi, dense foliosi et lanuginoso- 
tomentosi. Folia confertissima, alterna, sessilia, oblonga, obtusa (v. mucrone 
a longa, 1 
calloso terminata), 3-5 lin. —12 lin. lata, flexa, margine revoluta, 
supra glabra, subtus cano-tomentosa. Capitula sub-10-flora, homog d 
apices ramorum in glomerulum subgclobosum aggregata, subsessilia, Involu- 
um laxe im tum, bracteis pluriseriatis subsequalibus lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis membranaceis (seariosis) glabris albidis eptaculu stum, 
um A lilacine, glabree, tu se, 13 lin. longe, regulariter 
5-fidee, lobis brevibus lanceolatis. Filamenta complanata, glabra. Anthere vix 
ce ap i. Pol 
globosum, leve. Stylus glaber, basi bu bosus; rami breves, divaricati, 
truncati, hispidi. Achenium oblo ongum, dense villosum ; pappus uniserialis, 
multisetosus, setis seabris corolla longioribus (Gardner, 1. ¢.). 
We have received from M. Glaziou the following second species of this 
interesting genus, also from the province of Rio de Janeiro, with n. 4841. 
L. latifolia, Benth. sp. nov. ; foliis lanceolatis subtus ramoque longe 
epee niveo-lanatis, capitulis sub-4-floris. Habitus et folia_ reflexa 
L. phylicoidis, sed lana multo longior copio siorque » folia 3-1] poll. longa, 
2-3 re vata, ae minora paucifolia et involucra pallide brunnea, nec 
nivea.—G,. Benr 
Pirate 1116. 
DESMANTHODIUM PERFOLIATUM, Benth. 
Composita, Tribe HELIANTHOIDER. 
Des smanthodium, en. nov. Capitula heterogama, discoidea, 
floribus foemineis 1-3 fertiibae rie! mas paucis (4-6) deeds 
Involucrum ovoideum, bracteis paucis (3-5) ov 
planum, sub floribus cermaphod nudu 
1 rolle floru 
instructum. Co flo 
issimum truncatum vy, 2-3-dentatum patentem apice dilatate ; florum 
hermaphroditorum regulares, tubo brevi, limbo cylindraceo na 
irsuto asi obtusze tylus florum hermaph itorum indivisus, 
irtus, Achenia florum femine eorum bractea omnino inclusa, obovali- oblonga 
a dorso “neta caly 
