Sinclairiane. N. O. Composite. 
‘TABS. CDLI. CDLII. 
SINCLAIRIA DISCOLOR, Hook. ef Arn. 
Sincuarria, Hook. et Arn.—Gen. Cuar. Capitulum multi- 
florum radiatum : fl. radii ligulatis, foemineis ; disci hermaphr. 
5-fidis, lobis linearibus, equalibus, demum revolutis, apici- 
bus hirsutulis. Receptaculum nudum. Involucrum campanu- 
latum, squamis imbricatis appressis, interioribus brevibus 
ovatis. Anthere disci ecaudate, filamentis levibus. Styli 
ramt elongati, fere subulati ; disci breviores, lobos corolle vix 
superantes, subhispiduli, obtusiusculi. Acheniwm breve, gla- 
brum, angulatum. Pappus fulvus, biserialis; serie externd 
paleacea, brevi; internd elongata, setiformi, scabra, rigid, 
fragili.—Frutex glaber (vel arbor?) Mezxicanus. Rami fere ad 
apices lignosi. Folia opposita, longe petiolata, integerrima, 
rhomboidea, brevi-acuminata, trinervia, supra viridia, subtus 
albissima, nervis atro-fuscis. Petioli graciles, basi dilatati, 
amplexantes. Panicula terminalis, thyrsoidea, speciosa. Flores 
tei. 
Sinclairia discolor, Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 433. 
a mene, on the shores of the Pacific. Dr. 
In the Botany of the voyage of Capt. Beechey, Mr. Arnott and 
myself dedicated this plant, which we consider an entirely new 
genus, to our excellent friend Dr. Sinclair, who, in the surveying 
voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, on the Pacific side of S. America, 
employed his leisure in collecting the vegetable productions of 
the countries he visited, We place Sinclairia among the Ver- 
_ Lomacee, zag genera Hectoria and Andromachia. The 
pide Pg. y an inch in diameter ; leaves 4-5 inches long, 
and almost as much broad, beneath quite white (but neither 
romentose nor farinose,) beautifully marked with the dark 
of ai 1: Capitulum, f. 2. Floret from the disk. f. 3. Portion 
Pee ag Series of the pappus. /. 4. Floret of the ray. 
& ay from the inner series of the pappus. f. 6. Upper 
>. f ; corolla of the disk laid open to show the stamens :— 
