Gardneriane, N. O. Compos.-Mutisiaceee. 
TAS. Di. 
SERIS POLYMORPHA. Less. 
Scapo subsimplici subaphyllo, foliis radicalibus oblongo-lance- 
olatis obtusis apiculatis utrinque lanuginosis reticulato-venosis 
integerrimis basi attenuatis, invol. squamis linearibus acu- 
minatis dense lanuginosis, capitulo radiato. 
Seris polymorpha. Less. in Linnea, 5. p. 253. Syn. p. 99. DC. 
Prodr.7.p.19. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 4956. 
Onoseris brevifolia. Don, Trans. Linn, Soc. 16. p. 246. ex Less. 
Haz. In upland sandy Campos, on the Serro do Frio, Diamond 
district, Brazil. Aug. 1840, 
Herba pedalis. Radix usque ad collum lignosa. Caulis erectus, 
simplex vel ramosus, supra medium folia alterna bracteiformia 
gerens. Folia radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, apiculata, 
utrinque lanuginosa, reticulato-venosa, integerrima, basi at- 
tenuata. Capitula multiflora, Invol, squame _pluriseriales 
lineari-acuminate, extus lanuginose ; interiores longiores. 
ceptaculum nudum. Flor. disci hermaphroditi, radii 
feeminei. Flor. hermaph. regulares quinquefidi, lobis revo- 
lutis: fem. bilabiati vel aliquando ligulati. Anthere disci 
caudibus laceratis ; radii abortive, distinctee : Filamenta glabra. 
Stylus glaber, ramis erectis obtusis. Achenium oblongum, 
erostre, dense villosum. Pappus uniserialis, setaceus, scaber. 
This is a truly polymorphous plant, varying very much in the 
shape and size of its leaves, in the stem being simple or 
branched, and in the florets of the ray being either ligulate or 
bilobiate.—G. Gardner. 
Fig. 1. Floret of the disk. f- 2. Anthers from the same. f. 3. 
_ Floret of the ray. £4, Hairs of the pappus :—magnified. 
