264 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
coriaceis, nitidis, glabratis v. sericeis; capitulis' stipitatis, solitariis 
v. in cymas terminales axillaresve corymbifortnes dispositis paucis: 
involucri cylindraceo-campanulati bracteis 1-seriatis, valvatim cohæ- 
rentibus v. demum liberis ; receptaculo superne plano v. convexo, nudo 
v. setoso-fimbrillifero?. ({ns. Sandwic., California*.) 
364. Robinsonia DC. — Flores diœci; rad fæœminei; corollæ 
ligulatæ limbo 2-3-dentato, patente v. brevi concavo; disei autem 
hermaphroditif; corollæ regularis tubulosæ limbo in capitulis maseulis 
anguste campanulato; in fœmineis haud v. vix ampliato brevique, 
ubique 5-partito dentatove. Antheræ (in capitulis fæmineis cassæ rudi- 
mentariæve liberæ) basi obtusæ. Styli florum hermaphroditorum im 
capitulis fæmineis longioris rami breves obtusi; in masculis breviores 
truncato-penicillati, v. stylus integer penicillatus emarginatusve. 
Fructus oblongi, crasse 5-costati; embryonis haud v. parcissime albu- 
minosi cotyledonibus subplanis, undulatis v. convolutis ; pappi setis”' 
brevibus, basi nunce in annulum breviter cupulatum connatis, scabris 
v. denticulatis, caducis.— Arbusculæ v. frutices resinosi glabri; ramis 
cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum notatis; foliis alternis in summis 
ramulis confertis elongatis, sæpe sessilibus, integris membranaceo- 
coriaceis, oblique venosis; capitulis$ in cymas composite corymbi- 
formes LE ee ; involueri subcampanulati bracteis æqualibus v. inæ- 
qualibus, 1-seriatis, valvatim approximatis (nec connatis) ; exterioribus 
minutis nunc paucis v. 0; ; receptaculo subplano nudo v. minute foveo- 
lato. (Ins. J. Fernandez.) 
365. Vendredia H. BN#.— Flores! (fere Robinsoniæ) diœci pauci 
(2-4); corollæ tubulosæ limbo cylindraceo (v. in capitulis fœæminels 
brevi rigido haud ampliato), 5-dentato. Antheræ basi obtusæ (in capi- 
tulis fœmineis rudimentariæ v. cassæ liberæ). Fructus oblongi, 5-goni; 
à Majusculis v. parv à ranrà see 
2. Generis sectio ; 1-cephalo; caule 8. Parvis, crebri 
ae a foliisque Are est Ruilardella 9. de. Le “rein in Ann. se. nat., sér. 2, 
in Proc. Amer. Acad., NI, 550 ; IX, 207 4 LA, 8, C.— Reuv, in C. Gay Fi. “hi, i, 
— B. H., Gen., II, 442, n. 573 (California) 
3. Spec. 10, 11. Bot. Mag., t. 5517. 0. Balbisia DC., in Guillem. Arch. ps 1, 
4. In Gullem. Arch. bot., 11, 333; Prodr., 333; Prodr., VI, 447 (nec W., nec Av.) — 
VI, 447 (nec SCHREB.). — DELESS.. lc. 5 IV, DELESS., Je. sel., IV, t. 62. — DOCNE, in ‘Ans. = 
t. 63, 64. — rca Gen., n. 2821. Bo, nai, sér. 2, I; 16, Li, À. — as a 
Gen., U, Fr n. n. 2820. — B. H., Gen., II, 442, Fi 
5. « Igenhousia BerT., herb. (ex DC., js 6m, sé 
6. In epitlis masculis steriles; in fœmineis 
fertiles nr « Flavi. » 
