as the human hand, the upper ones gradually smaller, ra- 
ther indistinctly crenato-serrate at the margin, every where 
clothed with short hairs, which, on the upper side, are more 
scattered, rigid, tuberculated at the base, and occasioning 
that side to be very scabrous to the touch; the under side 
is far less rough, and the hairs are closer set and softer, and 
give a tomentose or rather pubescent character ; two of the 
lateral nerves, especially in the lower leaves, are longer 
than the rest, but they do not spring from the base, and the 
term “ folia triplinervia” can hardly with propriety be ap- 
plied to them. The whole texture of the leaves is thickish 
and rigid; the colour a full green, paler beneath. Flowers 
. terminal in panicles, large, handsome. Peduncles three to 
six inches long, with alternate, lanceolate, nearly entire 
leaves, or bracterx. Involucre of many imbricated, subu- 
late, or linear-lanceolate, very dark coloured, almost black 
scales ; two or three of the outer lax and spreading, slightly 
downy, the margins more so, and ciliated. Florets of the 
Ray sixteen to eighteen, ligulate, striated, bi-tridentate at 
the extremity : their germen abortive, destitute of pappus. 
Florets of the centre very numerous, tubular, deep yellow, 
brown on the outside. Pappus of two, chaffy, subulate 
scales. Receptacle with linear, chaffy scales, as long as the 
florets, and carinated, pubescent at the back, near the top. 
According to the author of the Botanical Register, this 
plant is the true Hex, pubescens of Hort. Kew. and of 
Pursu ; and it may be that of Winipenow ; but the cha- 
racters in none agree satisfactorily with our plant. It is 
perhaps very variable; and hence, have arisen the appear- 
ances which have given origin to the supposed species H. 
mollis, canescens, and tomentosus, which Mr. Gawter has, 
perhaps, justly enough referred to our plant. 
It appears to be common in the Southern states of N. 
America, in S. Carolina and Georgia, in the Illinois coun- 
try, Kentucky, and Tenessee; and, indeed, in dry seasons, 
in the swamps throughout Pensylvania and Virginia. 
{t deserves a place, from its large showy flowers, in every 
garden, being perfectly hardy. Seeds were sent by Mr. 
Nurrauz from N. America to Mr. Barcxay at Bury Hill, in 
whose age they produced flowers, in the autumn of 1825. 
From those plants.our drawing and description were made. 
Fig. 1. Floret of the Ray. 2. Floret of the Dise. 3. Scalé of the Recep- 
tacle.— Magnified, 
