Tas. 4966. 
STOKESIA cyranzga. 
Cyaneous Stokesia. 
Nat. Ord. Composir# (VERNONIACE®).—SYNGENESIA AQUALIS. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum, radiatiforme. Znvolucrum subglobosum, basi 
bracteatum, pluriseriatum, imbricatum, squamis adpressis, exterioribus ovalibus in 
append. foliaceum patulum ciliato-spinulosum desinentibus, interioribus oblongis 
ciliolatis. Receptac. carnosum, nudum. Corolle palmate, glandulis conspersee, — 
exteriores capituli majores intus profundius fisse. Anthere incluse. Styli rami 
semi-subulati. Achenium breve, tetra-(rarius tri-)gonum, areola terminali lata 
4-gona. Pappus 1-serialis, 4—5-paleaceus, paleis deciduis longis planis scariosis 
integerrimis.—Herba erecta ramosa glaucescens glabriuscula, caule apice villoso- 
tomentoso. Folia alterna, infer. ovalia integerrima in petiolum longe attenuata, 
super. semi-amplexicaulia lanceolata ad basin serrato-spinosa. Capitula ramos 
terminantia, solitaria. Flores cerulei. De Cand. 
STOKESIA cyanea. 
Srokesta cyanea. L’Hérit. Sert. Angl. p. 2%. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 401. 
De Cand. in Ann. Mus. Par. v. 16. p.154. Prodr.v. 5.p.71. Torr. et 
Gray, Fl. of N. Am. v. 3. p. 60. 
Cartuamus levis. Hill, Hort. Kew. 54. f. 5. 
Carruamus Carolinianus. Mich. in Herb. Mus. Par. (according to De Cand.). 
Carresta centauroides. Cass. Bull. 1816, p. 198. 
CENTAUREA Americana. Hook. in Drum. Pl. of S. U. 8. Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 1. 
p. 48. (not Nutt.) 
A really handsome Composite plant, whose flowers vie in size 
and beauty with the celebrated Chinese As/ers, native of South 
Carolina, Georgia, and Covington, Louisiana; indeed it is con- 
sidered by Messrs. Torrey and Gray “one of the rarest plants 
of the United States ;” nevertheless it was introduced into the 
Royal Gardens of Kew nearly a century ago by Mr. James 
Gordon. Mr. Drummond’s specimens from Louisiana were care- 
lessly mistaken for the fine Centaurea Americana, and recorded 
as such in the Catalogue of his S. U. 8. plants given in the 
Companion to the Botanical Magazine ; it is, in fact, an extremely 
FEBRUARY lst, 1857. 
