501 



OligantllCS Cass. in Bull. soc. phil. Janv. 1817. p. 10. 

 C. H. Schultz Bip. emcud. 

 Capitula 1 — 4- flora. 



Involucrura cjlindraceuin , arcle, ul in Eupatoriis iin- 

 bricatis, iinbricatum. Rcccplaculnm nuduni. Stylus et an- 

 tberae Voruoniao. Achaonia turhinata, costulata, calva vel 

 pappo paleaceo inunita vel uniseriali, coroniformi, vcl bi- 

 seriali extoriore brevi , paleaceo, inleiiorc e paleis lineari - 

 complanatis, ciliato - serrulatis , spiraliter torsis composilo, 

 ii. 2 — 10. 



Frutices crateris caraibico - uiexicani , corymbo snpra- 

 (lecomposito tenniuali, fragili, foliig pl. allernis, ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, pl. aruminatis, penninerviis, pl. cum rainis infra 

 subferrugiueo - farinacoo- loraentosis. 



Obs. Pappo paleaceo, nunquara setoso haec subdivisio 

 jara abunde a Vernonieis legitirois differt. 



Analysis specierum generis Oliganthidis. 

 Obs. Licet tantum duae generis raei species, caeque no- 

 vae, in collectione hac prostent, tarnen analysis spccierum 

 7 sequentiuin utilis mihi esse videtur, eo inagis cum autores 

 plurimi, invita natura, eas diversis gencribus adnumcra- 

 verint. 



Subgen. I. Adenocyclus Less. in Linn. 1820. p. 337. 

 Capitulum \-Jiornm. Achaenium calvum. Fruti-x 

 loliis subiulegerrimis, glabris, flortbus roseis, habitu O. acu- 

 minatae, in iusula Trinitatis crescens. Huc: 



Oliganthes comlensata C. H. Schultz Bip. 3Iss. = 

 Eupatorium condens. Rchb. in Sieber fl. Trinit. exsicc. 

 n. 17. == Adcnocychis condens. Less. 1. c. J)C. prodr. V. 

 p. 11. 



