GardnerimKB. N. O. Compositae 



TAB. CCXXXVIIL 



Adenostemma Brasilianum. 



Caule erecto scabriusculo, foliis petiolatis triangularibus secus 

 petiolum subcuneatis obtuse inaequaliter dentatis scabriuscitlis, 

 paniculse ramis puberulis, capitulis subcorymbosis, involucri 

 squamis glabriusculis ovali-oblongis obtusis, corollae tubo 

 pubescent!, styli ramis longissimis, acheniis muricatis. 



Adenostemma Brasilianum. Cass. Diet dlHist Nat. — De Cand^ 

 Prodr. 5. p. 112. 



Verbesina Brasiliana. Pers. Syn. PL v. 2. p. 472. 



Hab. Brazil. VandellL St Catherine, Bade. Organ Moun- 

 tains. Gardner (2d Coll. w. 502). 



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^' Involucrum polyphyllumj multiflorum. Receptaculum snbcon- 

 cavum, nudum, scrobiculatum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi. 

 CoroUa alba, tubulosa, 5-dentata, extus tomentosa glutinosa. 

 Stamina inclusa. Styli rami corolla duplo longiores. Achenium 

 obovatum, triangulare, paululum curvatum. Pappus aristis 3 

 paten tibus apice glandulosis, glutinosis, inferiore breviore." 

 Gardner^ mst. 



Of this Genus, so remarkable in the nature of its pappus, 

 there are species in South America and the West Indies, in 

 South Africa, the East Indies, and in the Friendly Islands; and 

 many of them, even from widely different localities, very much 

 resemble each other. The present, though departing in some 

 trifling particulars from the description of De Candolle, is, 

 nevertheless, I feel satisfied, the A. Brasilianum:, as I equally am 

 that the following is the A, triangulare of that distinguished author. 



Fig. 1. Involucre with flowers. / 2. Single floret. /• 3. 

 Achenium : — magnified. 



