ICONES FLANTARUM. 39 
C. pinnatifidum, Benth. sp. nov.; foliis oblongis profunde pinnatifidis. 
Hak Sikkim Himalaya, at an elevation of 14,000 to 15,000 feet, J. D. 
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Scapi semipedales. Folia radicalia 1-2-pollicaria, petiole brevi 
vix ilatato, —_ fere ad rhachin divisa, laciniis utrinque 5-9 atin 
—— integerrimis v. uno latere 1-2-dentatis 2-4 lin longi 
caulina pro sak at scapi pauca v. 0, dum adsint interdum radicalibus majora, 
petiolo basi in vaginam latissimam dilatato, v. folium interdum ad vaginam 
solam reductum. Capitula et flores omnino C. reniformis.—G. BENTHAM. 
Prate 1148. 
THESPIDIUM BASIFLORUM, F. Mueil. 
Composita, Tribe IxuLoIDEZ PLUCHEINES. 
basiflorum, F. Muell.; epg Fl. Austral., iii., 534.—Pluchea 
lasyfore, F. Muell. Rep. Babb. Ex xped. 1 
Has. Tropical Australia; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 
Port Essington, Armstrong ; Upper Gilbert River, F. Mueller. 
Caules e basi dense cespitosa numerosi, rigidi, diffusi_v. ascendentes, uti 
folia et involucra pubescentes v. hirsuti, eae semipedales v. rarius sub- 
dales. Folia alterna, subsessilia, rigida, linearia vy. lineari-lanceolata, 
mucronato-acuta, integra v. acute paucidentata, rarius pollicem excedentia, 
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solitarii v. pauci. Corolle et pappus involucro breviores. <Achenia pilis 
glochidiatis hispida. 
Fig. 1. es and png longitudinal section. 2. Female floret. 3. 
Sik te flore . Three of mens. 5. Achene and pappus. 6. cnacpatls Of Oe 
This plant i m pra s remarkable for “4 bap a In essential characters it is 
nearly allied t hea, from a technically distinguished by the 
pappus an quienes ce.—G. BEN 
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