By Pursh this plant was referred to Actinella, by 

 Sprengel to Heleniuni ! Nuttall has constituted it a new- 



genus 



but Mr. 



Douglas 



has ascertained that it is not 



distinct from Eriophyllum. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, in May last. 



A spreading, decumbent plant, forming broad, dense 

 patches. Ste??i6' round, woolly, somewhat flexuose. Leaves 

 decurrently pinnatifid, cut, with obtuse segments, above 

 deep green, sparingly woolly, beneath covered with white 



wool 

 volucrum 



Heads on long stalks, axillary and terminal 



oily 



panulate, angular, 8-toothed 



In 

 Re 



ceptacle conical, honey-combed. Florets of the ray 8, 

 female, ligulate, yellow, oblong, 3-toothed at the apex 

 with a short gland 

 roundish, 

 style short 



tube 



ovarium smooth, arcuate. 



square ; pappus short, paleacc 

 ; stigmata 2, linear, recurved 



toothed ; 

 Florets of the 



hermaphrodite, tubular, yellow, externally glandular 



limb campanulate, 5-toothed, about 



anthers with 

 base ; ovar 



incrassated 



qual to the tube 



a appendage at the apex, but none at the 

 and pappus as in the ray. Style slightly 

 the base, inserted in a small disk, 

 recurved, channelled inside, a little tufted 



Sti^ 



apex 



J. L 



