Vogeliane. N. OQ. Composite. 
TAB. DCCLXIV. 
PHAGNALON MELANOLEUCUM, Webb. 
Fruticulus, ramis tenuibus incurvis tomento pannoso albo 
vestitis, foliis alternis lanceolatis majoribus spe _pollica- 
ribus 4 fere lin. latis margine revolutis undulatis in petio- 
lum brevem attenuatis, junioribus szpe in axillis fascicu- 
Jatis supra tomento albo araneoso deciduo tectis mox 
atrovirescentibus subtus albo-tomentosis, pedunculis ad 
apicem ramorum vy. in axillis supremis vy. oppositifoliis soli- 
tariis y. geminatis 2-3 dichotomis filiformibus tomentosis 
apice nudis, involucri campanulati glaberrimi nigrescentis 
squamis 3-serialibus exterioribus ovatis mediis oblongis 
interioribus linearibus margine scariosis denticulatis apicu- 
latis, capitulis “ paucifloris heterogamis, floribus omnibus 
tubulosis, foemineis pluriserialibus filiformibus 5-dentatis, 
stylo exserto ramis elongatis obtusis, hermaphroditis sub 
8 campanulatis glabriusculis, antheris basi attenuatis ecau- 
datis, styli ramis exsertis superne claviformibus apice sub- 
truncatis stigmatoso-papillosis, receptaculo angusto, ache- 
niis oblongis subcompressis erostris, pappo albo pilosius- 
culo florum fcemineorum 3-4-setoso hermaphroditorum 5- 
setoso. Webb, 
Phagnalon melanoleucum, Webb, Spicil. Gorgon. im Hook. 
Niger Voy. p. 136. Tab. IX. : 
Has. Mont Verd, St. Vincent, one of the Cape de Verd 
— from an elevation of 1000 feet to the summit. 
ogel. 
Fig. 1. Hermaphrodite, and f. 2. Female flower ;—both 
magnified, 
