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Pacific. Dr Richardson, Drummond. Douglas.^/i. Plentiful in the Tallies of the Blue Mountains and of the 

 Spokan River. Douglas, — The present, though, like the other species, it may not be easy to define its cha- 

 racter in words, is a very well marked one to the eye. It is tall and slender, with narrow leaves. The 

 pretty white flowers are about the size of a daisy. 



11. E. purpureus; pubescens, foliis oblongis tenui-membranaceis dentatis vel integris 

 caulinis amplexicauHbus radicalibus in petiolum attenuatis, floribus paniculatis subcorym- 

 bosis, radiis purpureis numerosissimis patentibus involucre glabriusculo subtriplo longioribus. 



Ait HorL Kew. ed. I, v, 3./?. 186. Pursh, FL Am, v, 2. p. 533. Rich, in FrankL \stJour7u 

 ed, 2. App, p. 30. 



Hab. From Lake Huron {^Dr, Todd) to the Arctic Circle, and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains 

 and the shores of the Pacific. Dr, Richardson, Drummond, Douglas. — This is peculiar for its broad leaves, 

 which are amplexicaul at the base, of a rather deep g^reeu colour, and singularly delicate texture, and for its 

 rather large flowers, with copious red-purple rays. Our specimen from the Saskatchawan is truly gigantic, 3 

 feet high, with radical leaves a span long and 2 inches broad. 



12. E, Philadelphicus ; pubescens, foliis cune^to-oblongis rariter inciso-dentatis caulinis 

 semiamplexicaulibus, caule debili simplici superne corymboso, pedunculis elongatis unifloris, 

 radiis capillaceis involucre hemisphaerico duplo longioribus, Ph, — Linn. Sp, PL p, 1211. 

 Pursh^ FL Am, v, 2. p, 533. Ricli* in FrankL 1st Jour?!, ed, 2, App, p. SO. Reich, Ic. Ex, 

 t 134, 



Hab. Canada. Kalm, {Linn,) Woody country between lat. 54° and 64*^. Richardson. — I have never re- 

 ceived any authentic specimen of this from the American Botanists; but I introduce it on the autho- 

 rity of Dr. Kichardson and Linnaeus, The excellent Dr. Darlington says, that what he has taken for E. 

 Philadelphicus agrees, on a careful comparison, also with E. purpureas, I am inclined to suspect that the two 

 are one species, and, if so, the present name, in right of priority, should be retained. Reichenbach's figure 

 looks like a small-flowered state of ^. purpureus. 



13. E, pulchellus ; ])VLhescenti-aspeVy foliis radicalibus spathulatis integris vel serratis cau- 

 linis remotis linearibus integerrimis, panicula laxa pauci (3-5) flora, radiis numerosis (albi- 

 dis vel pallide purpureis) patentibus involucro plusquam duplo longioribus. — Mich, Am. v, 

 2, p. 224. Rich, in FrankL 1st Journ, ed, 2. App, p. 30. — E. bellidifoiius. JVilld. Sp, PL 

 V. 3. p. 1958. Sims, Bot, Mag, t, 2402.— E. Serpentaria. Banks, MSS, — i3. foliis profunde 

 dentatis. 



Hab. Woody country, from Canada to lat- 64*'.— /3. North West Coast of America. Menzies.-— In all our 

 specimens the ray in the dry state appears to be white. 



14. E. glabellus ; glaher vel pubescens, foliis lato-lanccolatis integerrimis nervosis ciliatis, 

 radicalibus subspathulatis, floribus (inter majores) paucis (3-5) subcorymbosis, radiis (pur- 

 purascentibus nunc albis) numerosis patentibus involucro pubescente fere triplo longiori- 

 bus.— iVw^^, Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 148. Rich, in FrankL 1st Journ. ed. 2, App, p, 30. Hook, 

 Bot. Mag. t, 2923.— 13. pubesceiis ; totus valde pubescens.— 7. mucronatus; foliis acutissimis 

 mucronatis. 



Hab. From the Saskatchawan, Drummond, throughout the woody country, to lat. 64**. Dr, Richardson, 



^. Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond,— y. Plentiful on low plains of the Columbia, near the 



coast. Douglas, Dr. Scolder, 



