: Douglasiane. N. O. Composite. 
TAB. CCCXLIII. 
Monotoria minor. DC. 
Gey. Cuar. Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum, fl. radii 
 feemineis ligulatis interdum subbilabiatis, disci tubulosis her- 
maphroditis sterilibus aut masculis, tubo tenui hispidulo, fauce 
dilatata. Invol. squamez 8-10 uniseriales ad medium concrete. 
Recept. convexum aut subconicum epaleaceum. Anthere 
ecaudate. Styli radii rami cono brevi superati. Achenia 
calva glabra, radii compressa aut subtrigona, disci compressa. 
—Herbe Californice annue erecte albo-tomentose. Folia 
alterna oblungo-linearia integra aut parce dentata aut lobulata. 
Capitula ad apicem caulis aut ramorum terminalia ebracteata. 
Flores lutei.—Genus accedit ex invol. ad Gamolepidem, disco 
sterili ad Steirodiscum. De Cand. 
_ M. minor; foliis linearibus, lobulis paucis hic inde instructis, 
tadicalibus glabratis, ceteris albo-tomentosis, ligulis involucro 
paulo longioribus. De Cand. Prodr. v. 6. p. 14, Hook. et 
_ Arn, in Bot. of Beech. Voy. Suppl. p. 359. 
Has. California. Douglas. 
A Californian Genus of two species, the present and that 
figured in the following plate. In this, when the involucre comes 
to be accurately examined, it will be seen that the scales of the 
_ Siucre are not in one series, neither are they so much united 
— 88 In M, major. 
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SFE. 
: Fig. 1, Involucre. f. 2. Radial floret. f, 8. Floret from the 
ISK 5—magnified. 
