Compositae. >^oö 



stylo i^aullü exsertu, apice manifeste bilobo. Pappus feiTUgineus. Acliae- 

 nia nigrescentia obsolete pluristriata. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Petite Rivierc de Bayonuais 200 m. alt, 

 m. Oct. flor.: Buch n. 894. 



17. Pectis cloiigata H. B. K, annua, erecta, 15 — 75 cm. alta, 

 caiile supra basin 1— 6 mm. crasso simplice, superne ramoso, ramis 

 patentibus v. erectis, sab nodis ad angulos saepius scabriusculis, 

 caeternm glabris; t'oliis lanceolato-linearibus v. plerumque linearibus, 

 60 — 20 mm. longis, 4 — 1,5 mm. latis (supremis etiam minoribus), sen- 

 sim acnminatis et saepe setaceo-productis, inferne paribus 3 — 6 

 (raro ■ — 8) setarum ciliatis, glandulis subtus inordinate sparsis; capitiüis 

 ad apicem ramorum ramiüorumque in cymas cincinnosqne nunc laxiores 

 nunc densiores nunc confertos interdum in corymbum collectos dis- 

 positis, 0,5 — 6 mm. (v. in specim. continent. interdum usque 30 mm.) 

 longe pedunculatis, 6 — 7 mm. longis, superne 1,5 — 2 mm. latis, 

 peduuculis bracteas 1 — 5 lanceolatas v. subulatas gerentibus; invo- 

 Incri phyllis 5, linearibus sensim acuminatis, 5 — 6 mm. longis, ex- 

 planatis er. 1 mm. latis, concavis, dorso infero obtuse costatis, glan- 

 dulis parcis linearibus v. oblonge -linearibus manifestis inspersis; flo- 

 ribus 10 — 12 (in nostris antill. semper 11 inveni) in quoque capitulo, 

 5 radii purpurascentibus 4 v. fere 4 mm. longis, styli ramis parte In- 

 tegra duplo brevioribus; floribus er. 6 disci 2,3 — 2,8 mm. longis, 

 stylo bene exserto profundiuscule bilobato; pappi setis in flor. 

 radii typice 5 — 6 (revera saepe 3 — 4 tantum, caeteris ad squamollas 

 ])orparvas reductis) v. in specim. continent. interdum usque 20 aristi- 

 t'ormibus aequici'assis v. basi ipsa paullo dilatatis subaequilongis v. 

 uua breviore, usque 4 mm. longis, achaenio dimidio v. fere duplo 

 longioribus, manifeste denticellatis, setis in flor. disci fere semper 8, 

 raro nona multo minore addita, v. in specim. continent. interdum 

 usque 24, caetei'um ut in radio; achaeuiis 1,5 — 2,5 mm. longis, bre- 

 vissime adpresseque pilosulis v. glabris. 



Pertis eloiiijnta IL B. K.f Nov. Gm. et Spcc. IV (1820) p. 262 

 lab. 392!; Lcss.! in Lmnaea VI p. 710; DC. Prodr. V p. 09; IM: 

 in Mart. Flor. Bras. vol. VI yars III p. 288; Hicron.! in Emil. 

 Jf/hrb. XIX p. 60; Fenmld in Contrih. üraij Herb. n. ser. n. XII p. 77. 



CrijptopetaJon, cloiigatnui Cass. in Biet. Sc. nat. XXVII (1823) 

 p. 206. 



Lorentca polijccphala Ganin. in Hook. Loiiil. Jouni Hot. V (1846) 

 p. 240 (ex Balc. l c.) . 



Pectis floribunda A. Rieh.! in Saijva Caba vol. XI (1850) p. 36. 



Pectis ciliar is Ä. Rieh.! in Sagra Caba vol. XI (1850) p. 36, — 

 7ion Linn. 



