Plate 37. 
PEREZIA RECUEVATA. 
Family, Composite :— Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit 
1-seeded. 
Genus, Perezia .-—Usually erect, branched herbs, not often shrubby.' 
Leaves radical or alternate, entire or sometimes dissected, often 
spiny. Heads solitary and terminal, rarely clustered. Involucral 
bracts in 2-many overlapping series. Flowers all alike and 
perfect, purple, rose, blue or white. Corolla 2-lipped, the outer 
lip being the longer and 3-toothed. Anthers arrow-shaped at 
base with long, narrow tails. Style branched and hairy above. 
Fruit an oblong achene, hairy. Pappus in several rows, scabrid. 
Perezia recurvata, (Vahl) Less. (Called " lavender " in 
the Falkland Islands.) Plant perennial, usually 4-10 in. 
higli. Stem somewhat shrubby, densely clothed with leaves. 
Leaves tough, about 1 in. long, rounded at apex, recurved, 
dilated at base and clasping the stem, very spiny, and trans- 
versely wrinkled. Head about an inch in diameter, the flower 
stalk naked except for a few bracts. Involucral bracts in 
3 rows, the outer with spiny hairs. Florets deep blue, lilac 
or white, very fragrant. Anthers blue at apex, yellow below. 
Stigma white. Fruit slightly hairy. 
Flourishes near the sea, in peaty soil among rocks and on 
sandy shores. 
Flowers December and January. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, portion of plant ; 2, ray floret ; 3, stamen ; 
4, stigma ; 5, ovary. All except 1 enlarged. 
