GENUS LXXVII, IXERTg. 



»rn, P«l. iP:4UAlla. Sei?; Sysl: 



Gen, Char. Oapitula manyr^flowere^ : achsenia oblong, acutely 

 iO-rihbed, beaked: pappus pilose, l-series. — Herbaceous: stem* 

 naked at the apex, porymbose : involucre ovate, l-series, with 3-Si 

 calyculate scales : receptacle naked. 



(1), I. Poi,yci;pHAi.A- (Cass. J 



Jde-nt. Cass. Diet. XXIV. p. 50.— Dec prod. VII, p. 151. 



aV^jj. Chondrilla tenuis, Ham. in Will. Cat- No,. 3274. 



Spec, Char. Stem simple ar branched at the apex : kave% 

 linear-subulate, lower ones close together, half-stem-clasiping, sagit- 

 tate ; acutely and somewhat rctrorsely toothed, a little hairy bepeatb,^ 

 ijipper ones very acutely sagittate at the b.^se, remote, 



Goruckpore. 



GENUS LXXVIII. BRACHYI^AMPUS. 

 Syn. I»pl, J^4ual(«. Sej; ■ Syst' 



Deriv. Fro^ ]Bra<;hys^ shxirt, and Hamphos, a beak ; alluding, 

 to the achaenia. 



■Qen. Char. Capitula lO-lSi-flowered : ach^aia oblong, muri- 

 Cate, suddenly attenuated into a short beak, neither angled nor cos- 

 •tate : pappus many-series. — Herbaceous ; capitola «icerti«ae)y'»pi-! 

 cate : involucre oblong, imbrical^ed, the scales scaridse on the maf> 

 gin : receptacle naked. 



(1) B. S0NCH1F01.IUS.. fDf?-) 



ld,ent. Dep. prod. VII. p. 17". 



' Syn. Caealia sonchifolia, Wall. Cat. No. 3^44. — Lactuca re< 

 jmotiftora, Wight's Contrib. p. 26,. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous : stem erect, leafy at the base,^ naked at 

 the apej^, sparingly branched : leaves membjanaceous, s(em-clasp-. 

 jng, oboyate, sinuately subruncinatc, bristle- ciliated at the tna"r^in : 

 capitul^, together ifpith the branches, remotely spicato-racemose :; 

 ped^cels very short, somewhat scalj-. 



Cpmmon in th? Peninsula, 



(2) B. Heyneanus. (R. W.) 

 Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. III. 



Sy^.. liSCtuca Heyneana, Dec. prod. VII. ». 14,0, 

 fnc/rav. Wight's Icon. t. 1146. 



