that has been drawn. The seed had been sent by Professor 

 Lagasca, from Madrid. 



Native of New Spain, -where it was observed by Messrs. 

 Humboldt and Bonpland in the Valley of Tenochtitl, at the 

 elevation of 1200 fathom above the level of the sea, pro- 

 ducing its blossom in June. , 



A branching hispidly herbaceous plant ; branches oppo- 

 site, dichotomous, round, streaked, rough. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petioled, lanceolate, upper ones subovately lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, very much narrowed at the base and decur- 

 rent along the petiole, quite entire below, sharply serrate 

 upwards, the lowest tooth on each side being the largest, 

 reticulately triplenerved, membranous, rough-furred on both 

 sides, together with the petiole about 2 inches long, 6-7 lines 

 broad : pet. short. Flowers terminal, finally axillary, solitary, 

 long stalked, about the size of those of the Nodding Bur- 

 Marygold : peduncles 6-8 inches long, round, fluted, hispid, 

 leafless. Calt/x rough-furred, nearly' hemispherical, many- 

 leafletted ; leaflets loosely imbricated, 4-5 outer ones lanceo- 

 late or ovately lanceolate, pointed, flat, membranous, quite 

 entire, rough-furred, about half an inch long; ?n«er twice 

 shorter, oblong, scariose, transparent, resembling the chafls 

 (palese) . Receptacle flattish chaffy ; pale(E lanceolate, shorter, 

 pointed, keeled, one-nerved, smooth, scariose, transparent. 

 Florets of the disk numerous, tubular, stamen and pistil- 

 bearing, deep yellow, smooth ; tube slender, cylindrical, limb 

 funnelforni 5-nerved 5-toothed, lobes ovate pointed nerveless 

 downy pale: anthers connate, enclosed, blackish; germen 

 linear, compressed, slightly haired, with a small sessile ur- 

 ceolate fringed rim by way of seed-crown : stigmas 2, pro- 

 truded, recurvedlyspreading and pubescent: op the circum- 

 ference (ray) 6-7 (15 according to Bonpland) ligulate, 

 pistilbearing, deep yellow; tube slender, compressed, littib 

 ligulate oblong, 2-toothed, flat, spreading, with about 2 

 nerves, 5 lineslong: germen linear, triangular, smooth, with 

 a small sessile fringed urceolate seedcrown; sti/le scarcely 

 protruded, smooth ; stigmas % capillary. 



The description is from the latin of M. Kunth. 



