N. O. Composite. 
TAB. CCCXLIV. 
Mownotoria masor. DC. 
— Poliis ligulatis obtusis vix subdentatis, ligulis involucro triplo 
_ longioribus. 
e Monolopia major. De Cand. Prodr. v. 6. p. ‘t4. Hook. et 
Bot. of Beech. Voy. Suppl. p. 359. 
44B. California. Douglas. 
_ this should be considered the type of the Genus Monolopia ; 
f which the’character was given in our last page. The invo- 
lucre is here truly formed of one series of leaflets, and there are 
Some other peculiarities which I do not perceive in M. minor. 
The florets of the ray are furnished with a curious toothed scale, 
“Shown at f. 5, and the teeth of the florets of the disk are : 
set externally with spreading jointed hairs. (See f- 2, 3) 
Fig. 1. Receptacle. jf. 2. Floret of the disk. f- 9. Hair 
from the teeth of the corolla. f. 4. Floret from the ray. f. 5. 
Portion of the same, to show the scale at the top of the tube. 
%. Achenium. f, 7. Section of the same :—magnified. 
