a. Ss .. 
7 = 
Ori. 
923 
CACALIA salicina. 
— Willow-leaved Cacalia. 
+ Be SYNGENESIA. QUALIS. parte 
Nat. ord. Comvosirm. Juss. Sect. Senecionee Cassini. 
_ CACALIA L.—Involucrum profundé multipartitum, calyculatum; Ia- 
—ciniis eequalibus. Receptaculum nudum.. Flosculi omnes tubulosi, her- 
_ maphroditi. Anthere basi nude. .Pappus pilosus sessilis ——Arbores, 
~ frutices, vel herbee, polymorpha, alternifolia. Flores terminales, solitarii, 
ccorymbost vel paniculate, flavi, lutet, aurantiaci, purpuret, rosei, albi, vel 
virescentes. Kunth. synops. 2.443. 
aap mma mamma eetne Renemetinete ete rn 
C. salicina ; fruticosa, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis connatis subtis tomentosis, 
racemis axillaribus. Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 37. tab. 179. Pers, syn. 
2.396, - 
Frutex ramis crassis, cinereis, tomentosis, vestigiis foliorum deciduorum 
cicatrizatus, Folia sparsa, versiis apicem ramorum congesta, petiolata, lan- 
ceolata, convera, margine denticulata, superné rugosa, viridia, glabra, subtis 
incana, reticulata, Capituli sessiles, axillares, glomerati, non multim petiolo 
longiores, bracteis paucis, linearibus, obtusis, tomentosis interstinctis.  Invo- 
lucrum campanulatum, polyphyllam, imbricatum, basi bracteolis 2-3 subulates: 
Soliolis Ebates distinctis, margine scariosis, dorso et apice lanatis. 
Flosculi lutet, omnes hermaphroditi, infundibulares, erecti, limbo 5-lobo, 
patente, tubo pauld breviore. Antherse basi mutice, filamentis glabris. Ovaria 
teretia, glabra, mutuo compressione angulata, basi equalia, apice dilatata, 
Pappus longus, sessilis, apice pilosus, basi asper, serie simplict insertus, 
Stylus glaber, basi bulbosus, disco epigyno parvo. ‘Stigma bilobum, lobis 
linearibus arcuatis, obtusis, medio sulcatis dorso minutissimée papilloso, versis 
apicem hispido. Receptaculum favosum, paleolis inequalibus subulatis, 
nunc, sed raro, in paleam filiformem involucri longitudine elongatis, 
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That this plant, and we suppose also C. linearis, is of 
quite a distinct genus from Cacalia, we apprehend there 
can be little doubt. From Cacalia, as constituted by 
Linneus, or left by Willdenow, or limited by M. Cassini, 
it is distinguished by its imbricated downy involucrum, 
with a few linear bractew at the base, by its axillary 
inflorescence, by its receptacle, the fine ragged pale of 
