CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 33 
in Li innea, v. 9. p. 39. Syn. p. 417.— 
Mosigia pina Spr. deas Veg. 
v. 3. p. 6001.  Gastrocarpha runcinata, 
Don. in Linn. Tr rans, v. 16. p. 232. 
haa may so, Mathews (n. 261. ; Cum- 
tum, which eventually disappears. Cum- 
ifig's n. 775, is a very luxuriant form, 
several feet high: its leaves at the base 
of the branches of the inflorescence are 
very large, broadly triangular, some about 
= inches long and two broad at the 
ase 
753. (1. Jungia ius, Less. in 
Linnea, v. 5. p. . pyramidalis, 
on, in Linn: Th rans. v. 299 — 
Portalegre, and Rio Grande, 7! weedie. 
754. (1.) Trixis mad — nei 
des, Less. in Linnea, v. 5. Cle- 
anthes othonnoides, Don, in d d 
— — Vahl, Symb. v.3. p. ga 
echioides, Gill. Don, 
Phil Mag. px 1832. p. 389, (teste 
Don, in lut.).—Pampas of Buenos Ay- 
Dr. Gilhes.— With this we are 
rae deme ted. 
É Trixis (Cleanthes) ochroleuca, 
oio t Arn.— Holocheilus. ochroleu- 
di 1 the abrous forms of his 
ferent. Trizis (Cleanthes) Brasiliensis, 
Don (not De Cand.) seems to have the 
r aadi — larger, and of a yel- 
low colour, and in this respect is more 
allied t to T. Ecce Less.; but with 
— xception, we feel much. disposed 
to view all the others as forms of one 
ahd the same plant, which is readily re 
cognized by its milk-white florets and 
pedicellati.—P. jungioides. H. and A.—Has. Pur 
ruchura, Peru; Mathews (n. 1016.).—Very mies 
allied to Jungia spectabilis, Don : and indeed the Ge- 
nus may be considered as Jungia, with the florets re- 
duced to a single series, and in which case the brac- 
teas of the florets become the leaves of the involucre. 
‘As in J. spectabilis, the pappus is not plumose 
VOL. I. 
pappus, and by the inner lip of the co- 
rolla being oblong and usually undivided, 
except at the apex. If we are correct, 
the specific name of ochroleuca ought to 
be retained, the older one of scabra, not 
being applicable to all the variations. 
Be that as it may, the plant before us is 
ae glabrous, and has constantly the 
leaflets of the involucre broadest and 
AE at the T" where also vedi are 
villous and c 
ilia 
56. (3.) Trixis s (Oligophyllon) Brasili- 
ensis, De Can syn.)—Less. in 
Linn. v. x p. E Cie p. er re: 
near Portalegre, Tweedie—As 
now ascertained to be different fece iis 
inis m " ne to be regretted in 
the name een changed. 
would sug: e cun of Candollu. 
dri - (Poly hyllon) Megapo- 
tamica (Hook et Arn.); caule herbaceo 
inforescentium folioso hirsuto- 
scita: mucrónalis integerrimis vel 
minute denticulatis basi attenuatis de- 
12-floris, sre lioli olis 9—13 13 biseri- 
raceme, the pedicels are eaire than the 
involucre, and furnished about the mid- 
dle with a solitary bractea, similar to, 
= es larger than, the vinnm of the 
753 XU Trixis s (Eutrixis) discolor, Gill. 
Don, in Phil. Mag. Apr. 1832, 
Le Porte. de las Achiras, Pror. 
p: ps 
and, of San Dr. Gillies. 
759. (6. Trixie Eutrixis) papillosa 
Gill. on, l. c —Provinces of San Ces 
and Mendoza. Dr. Gilhes—The leaves 
( 
almost to form a kind of winged petiole. 
The flowers are disposed in a few-headed 
terminal corymb: leaflets of the involu- 
cre in a single series, narrow-lanceolate 
and acuminated; there are also a few 
bracteas between the middle of the pe- 
dicel and base "a the involucre. The 
flowers appear to 
white 
= doe; Perezia (Gomeantius) spa- 
ook. 
H et — P. viscosa, 
