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ATHRIXIA capensis. * 
Cape Athriaia. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLU4A. 
Nat. ord. Composirm. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CoRYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen. Div. I? 
Composite labiatiflore. Decandolle in ann. du mus. 19. 59. 
ATHRIXIA. . Flores radiati. Cal. oblongus polyphyllus subequalis 
aristatus recurvo-squarrosus, foliolis angustis. Radius plurimus, flosculis 
bilabiatis : labio interiore minimo integro. Pappus plumosus. Recept. al- 
yeolatum. Stigmata disci apice subtruncata subpenicillata, Frutex. Folia 
sparsa, inferne adnata, integra. 
Athrixia capensis, : 
Frutex debilis, erectiusculus (tripedalis v. ultra), diffuse ramosus; rami 
elongati, foliis verticaliter semiadnatis tectt horumque latcribus liberis inter- 
rupte marginati. Folia sparsa, patentia, rigida, crassiuscula, ramo a dimidio 
inferiore adnata, linearia, subulato-acuminata, supra profunde viridia, nuda, 
convera cum sulco medio, ambitu scabra et deflexa, subtus tomento arachnoi- 
deo candicantia.. Flores rubro-purpurei, radiati, terminales, sessiles, unciam 
diametro excedentes, granulis vagis resinosis consperst, digitis tractati odorem 
sptrantes terebinthinam. Cal. oblongus, scariosé aristaté reflexeque squarro- 
sus, semuncid profundior, basi cuncatus; foliola numerosa, lineari-subulata, 
equilata, inferiora:.arcté imbricata lanata virentia, superiora aristé scariosd 
fusca recurvd ipsis longiore caudata. Ravius femineus, bilabiatus, serie 
simplice plurimus, contiguus, extds glandulose villosus ; flosculi inequalis- 
-simé bilabiati, labio exteriore lineari-ligulato dentato, vespere arcté revol- 
vendo, mané iterum explicando, interiore angustissimo, nudo, recurvato, 
stigmatibus breviore; tubus limbo equalis viridis: germ. oblongum, viride, 
pappo aliquoties brevius; pappus albus plumosus serie simplict pluri- 
mus 3 agemata capillacea, sanguinea, spiraliter replicata, glabra, longius- 
cula: Discus flavescens, hermaphroditus, plurimus, calyct equalis; flosc. 
clavato-cylindrici, faux tubo vix amplior, limbus flavus patens recurvus Sauce 
aliquoties brevior, intis pruinatus: anth. elongate, flave, filamentis elasticis 
_exserende, valvulis 5 pallidis apiculate, basi tenuissimé bisete ; polline grossé 
granuloso: germ. albicans, pilosum, basi: spissiis barbatum, ceterum radii: 
stig. flava, exserta, revoluta, superné pruinosa, apice truncato-suddilatato 
villoso. Recept.angustum, planiusculum, epaleaceum, alveolatum, alveolis 
brevibus membranaceis denticulatis. 
A rare and curious shrub, lately introduced from the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
We do not find a place for it in any genus of the several 
general systems. Whether it belongs to some one esta- 
blished in the tracts on the Composite by the ingenious: 
M. Cassini, dispersed in various journals, or not, we are 
