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GENUS LXXXIII. PaENANTHEg. 

 Mjn. Vail. iClimnl'iS. Sex- SyH.- 



l^eriv. From Prenes, prostrate, and AnthaSt a flower ; alluding 

 to the habit of the plant. 



Gen. Char, Capiti;ila S-5-.flowered : style exserted : achaenia 

 attenuated at the base, subcylindrical or subpentagonal, truncated : 

 pappus many-series, pilose, rigid. — Herb,s,Jwith entire or itentate 

 leaves : capitHla d^toopj^ng, racemose or paniculate : involucres cylin- 

 dfieal, 4-6-leaved, c^lyculate : flowers purple. 



(1) P. AlHABIlflFOLIA. (Dec.) 



Meat. Dec. ptod. "VII. p. 195. 



Spec. Char. Stein simple, panicled at the apex, heire aad thete 

 together with the petioles particularly bristly : cauline leaves lonSg-- 

 petioled, cordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed : teeth mucronate : 

 leaves of the panicle subsessii^, lineaiT-lanceoiate : c2)pitula, elongat-' 

 ed, 3-flowered. 



North-West Prot^ineesi 



(2) P. raphanitolia. (Beo.) 



Tdent, Dec. prod. VII. p. 195. 



Stec. Char. Glabrous; stem efeot, branehedj patiicl'e'd : cBuliae 

 Reaves sessile, attenuated at the base, pinnati^d, acuminate: lobel 

 acute, toothed : tfeeth muqronate : capitula 3-flawered. 



North-West Provinces. 



(S) P. HISJIDUiA. {De^.J 



Ident. Dee. pTod. VII. p. 195. 



Spec. Char. Stem branched at; the. a^ex : petiolcat and leave* 

 spatiugty bristly : stem leaves some ovate, others S-cleft, all acu- 

 jininate, toothed ; teeth long and callously mucronatie : capitula gla- 

 brous, 4-flowered. 



North- West Provinces,. 



GENUS LXXXIV. JIIBRACIUM. 

 Syn. Pol. iEqH»Ha. Sea: Stjit: 



■Deriv. From Hierax, a hawk ; from a belief that birds of pra|t 

 tpftde use of the juice of these plants to strengthen their sight,. 



