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Lagoseris, Bieb. 
Pterotheca, Cass. 
Pachylepis, Less, 
Sclerolepis, Monn. non Cass. 
Sonchus, Lin. 
Picridium, Desf. 
Closiospermum, Neck. 
Sub-Trib. vii, Hier.^cie^, 
Less. 
Hieracium, Lin. 
Miegia, Neck. 
Plancia, Neck. 
Lepicaunes, sp. Lapeyr. 
Andi-yala, Lin. (excl. sp.) 
Voigtia, Roth. 
Rothia, Schreb. non alior. 
Araciura, Neck. 
Stenotheca, Monn. 
Mulgedium, Cass. 
Agathyrsus, Don. 
Soyeria, Monn. 
Catonia, Moench. 
Hapalostephium, Don, 
Lepicaune, Lapeyr. excl. sp, 
Picrosia, Don. 
Pinaropappus, Less. 
f Genera non satis cognita, aut incertce sedis. 
I®- ad Tuhulifloras, referenda. 
Abasoloa, Lallav, et Lex. 
Aganippea, FI. Mex. ic. ined. 
Allendea, Lallav. et Lex. 
Damatris, Cass. 
Dimerostemma, Cass. 
Galeana, Lallav. et Lex. 
Galophthalmum, Nees et 
Mart. 
Glyphia, Cass, 
Gomezia, Lallav. non Brown. 
Heliophthalmum, Raf. 
Jaumea, Pers. 
Kleinia, Juss. non Lin. n« 
Jacq. 
Lioydia, Neck. 
Microspermum, Lag. 
Mnesiteon, Raf. 
Oteiza, Lallav. et Lex. 
Peramibus, Raf. 
Placus, Lour. 
Roldana, Lallav. et Lex. 
P.osalesia, Lallav, et Lex. 
Trimetra, FI. Mex. ic. ined. 
2“* ad Lahiatifloras. 
Atractylodes, Less. Syn.p. 125. 
Dolichlasium, Lag. 
Pentaphorus, Don. 
Plazia, R. et Pav. 
3”- ad LiguUfloras. 
Agoseris, Raf. 
Anisoderis, Cass. 
Apatanthus, Viv. 
Apogon, Ell. 
Asterothrix, Cass. 
Deloderium, Cass. 
Rhabdotheca, Cass. 
Genera not in the List furnished by Professor De Candolle. 
Scalesia, Arnott. (38) 
Eriopappus, Arnott. (39) 
Rancagua, Endl. et Popp. ; 
next Hymenatherum. 
Ammogeton, Schrad. 
Dipterocome, F. et Meyer. 
Heteracia, F. et Meyer. 
Cyathidium, Lindl. ; next 
Aplotaxis- 
Microseris, Don. 
Lepidonema, F. et Meyer. 
Pachylaena, Don. ; next Chae- 
tanthera. 
Hyalis, Don.; next Proustia. 
Piptocarpha, H.etArn.; next 
Flotovia. 
Acanthophyllum, H. et Arn. ; Townsendia, Hooker, 
next Triptilion. 
Alliance II. DIPSALES, 
Essential Character. — Anthers distinct. Ovary inferior. Flowers either in dense 
heads or loose. 
Order CXCV. DIPSACE^. The Scabious Tribe. 
DiPSACEiE, Juss. Gen. 194. (1789) ; DC. et Duby Bot. Gall. 255. (1828) ; Lindl. Synops. 
139. (1829) ; Coulter. Mem. in Act. Genev. 2. 13. (1823) ; DC. Prodr. 4. 643. 
(1830). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, membranous, resembling pappus ; surrounded 
by a scarious involucel. Corolla monopetalous, tubular, inserted in the calyx ; limb ob- 
lique, 4- or 5-lobed, with an imbricated aestivation. Stamens 4, alternate with the lobes of 
the corolla ; anthers distinct. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, with a single pendulous ovule ; 
style 1 ; stigma simple. Fruit dr}% indehiscent, 1 -celled, crowned by the pappus-like 
calyx ; embryo straight, in the axis of fleshy albumen ; radicle superior . — Herbaceous plants 
or under-shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers collected upon a common recep- 
tacle, and surrounded by a many-leaved involucre. 
Affinities. The relation of this family is obviously in the first degree 
with Compositse, from which it differs in its distinct stamens and its pendulous 
