Plate 1751. 



BRACHYCLADOS LYCIOIDES, G. if D. 



Composite. Tribe Mutisiace^j. 



B. lycioides, Gillies if Bon-, DO. Prodr. vii. 33; foliis fasciculatis 

 conaceis rigidis anguste lineari-oblongis mucronulatis soBpe obtusiuscu- 

 Jis supra glabrescentibus nitentibusqne subtus cano-tomentosis margini- 

 bus revolutis, capitulis aureis solitariis terminalibus pedunculatis, 

 mvolucri bracteis pauciseriatis lineari-lanceolatis tomentosis nervo 

 medio glabrato apice rigidiuscule producto, exterioribus brevioribus, 

 receptacnlo nndo areolato, floribus radii ligula % poll., disci ligula 

 reyoluta 1-2 lin. longa, achseniis papulosis, pappi copiosi setis rigidius- 

 cuhs barbellatis. 



Hab. Patagonia; * found chiefly on high tablelands in clay or on 

 stony soil ; occasionally in valleys : common on the Suger, Chnbut, 

 JJescado and Rio Negro.'— Mr. /. L. Williams Andrews. N^Wn 

 I atagonia, Tweedie : Prov. Mendoza. on the Rio d. Diamante, 



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Gillies ; 



Bridges 



Frutex 2-4-pedalis, ramulis hornotinis cano-tomentosis. Folia f-1 

 poll, longa, 1-2 lin. lata, brevissime petiolata, petiolis tomentosis. 

 ■fedimculi 1-2 noil, lnncri P.n^u.in i_il ™u io.f.o 



The 



cated by Mr. W 



Andrews enable us to give a figure of this characteristic species of the 

 ttttagonian uplands. 



Mr. Andrews describes the foliage as ■ hard, dark green,' and the 

 nower-heads as of deep golden colour.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. i. Ray-floret. 2. Setae of pappus. 

 ' Uvar 7 anc * pappus. Enlarged. 



3. Disk-floret. 4. Stamens. 5. Style. 



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