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BoLTONIA GLASTIFOLIA. WOAD-LEAVED 
Bo.ronlia. 
Class and Order 
SyNGENESIA PotyGAmiA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. imbricatus. Recept. favosum. Pappus setis pluri- 
bus : duabus oppositis elongatis. 3 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Borronia glastifolia; foliis inferioribus serratis, floribus 
breviter pedunculatis, seminibus obcordatis alatis 
puberulis: aristis pappi duabus ipsorum longitudine. 
Michaux Fl. Boreali-Amer. 2. p. 132. Pursh Flor. 
Am. Sept. 2. p. 561. 
Borronia glastifolia ; foliis inferioribus serratis. L’Herit. 
Sert. Angl. p. 27. Willd. Sp. Pl.3. p. 2163. Hort. 
Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 101. 
‘ees 
___We have very great doubt whether there are really two 
_ Species of Boxronia. Nor, if there are two species, can 
We certainly determine to which our plant should be re- 
ferred, so inadequate are the descriptions given to ascertain 
the difference. If the short character adopted from 
Hererier, in the Hortus Kewensis and WitLDENow, can 
be depended upon we are sure to be right; and the defi-, 
hition given by Micuavx corresponds very well; but from 
the observation of this author, ‘se Botronia asteroides, he 
‘eems to be doubtful whether both species may not belong 
to one and the same; or, at least, he says, they altogether 
4gree in habit, foliation, and colour of the flowers. 
We have examined the Banksian and Lambertian herba- 
riums, 
