Wrightiane. N. O. Composite. 
TAB. CDLXXXV. 
CHILIOTRICHUM AMELLOIDES. Cass. 
Gen. Cuar. Capitulum multiflorum, fl. radii ligulatis foemineis 
uniseriatis, disci 5-dentatis hermaphr. Invol. squame imbri- 
cate oblonge acute. Recept. convexum, paleis linearibus 
apice barbatis inter flores onustum. Stigmata fl. disci sub- 
ulato-linearia elongata pubera. Achenia gracilia cylindracea 
angulato-striata. Pappus pluriserialis, setis filiformibus in- 
equalibus persistentibus.—Frutices in extremd Amer. Austr. 
spontanei parvi ramosi. Folia alterna sessilia coriacea integer- 
rima, margine revoluta, supra glabra subtus plus minus tomen- 
tosa. Pedunculi solitarii 1-cephali tomentosi. Ligule albe 
subtus purpurascentes. 
Chiliotrichum amelioides ; foliis oblongo-ovatis basi angustatis 
planiusculis. 
Chiliotrichum amelloides, Cass. Dict. 8, p, 576. De Cand. 
Prodr. 5, p. 216. 
Amellus diffusus, Forst. Comm. Goet. 9, p. 39. 
Tropidolepis diffusa, Tausch, in Flora 12, p. 68. 
Aster Magellanicus, Spreng. Syst. 3, p. 526. 
B. lanceolatum, (Tas. Nostr. CDLXXXV.), foliis lanceolatis 
acutis basi attenuatis. DeCand. 
y? rosmarinifolium, Nees foliis linearibus intensius margine re- 
volutis basi non angustatis. 
Amellus rosmarinifolius. Poepp. Ezs. 
Ch. rosmarinifolium. Less. in Linnea, 1831, p. 109. An spe- 
cies propria? (De Cand.) 
Has. Straits of Magellan, Forster; Cape Horn, Staten Land, 
Dr. Eights, (in Herb. Nostr.)—. Falkland Islands, D’ Urville 
and Gaudichaud. Mr. Wright, (in Herb. Nostr.) 
This is perhaps one of the tallest shrubs in the Falkland 
Islands. Gaudichaud speaks of it as from 3 to 5 feet high, and 
Mr. Wright as 8 to 10 feet. The flowers are numerous, the 
ray pure white. 
Fig. 1. Receptacle. f. 2. Floret of the disk with its scale. 
f. 3. Hairs of the pappus. /. 4, Floret of the ray :—magnified. 
