138 SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 
117. Pegolettia Senegalensis, Cass. Dict. 38. p. 230. DC. 
` Prodr. 5. p. A81. Brunn. Ergebn. p. 97. 
Has. In ins. Salis, (Brunner, 1. c.) : 
118. Francceuria crispa, Cass. Dict. des Sc. Nat. p. 44, 38 et 
374. DC. Prodr. 5. p. 475. Schultz, Bip. in Phyt. Can. 2. 
p. 222. ^ Aster crispus, Forsk. Fl. Æg. Arab. p. 190. - 
Inula crispa, Pers. v..2. p. 450 (excl. syn. Vent) Fran- 
ccuria diffusa, Shuttlew. in Brunner Ergebn. p. 72.—lc. 
Inula crispa, Del. ! Fl. d Eg. t. 45. f. 2. 
Has. In ins. Salis planitiebus siccis (Forbes, n. 9, die 26 
Maii, 1822). Provenit magna copia in lapidosis ins. Sal. 
(Brunner, ms. in herb. nostro.) : 
Our plant, described by Shuttleworth as a distinct species, 
is identical with the Senegambian specimens in the herb. of 
Desfontaines, and of M. Gay, described by Cassini in the 
Dict. des Se. Nat. vol. 38, as F. crispa. It is undoubtedly 
of stronger growth than the Egyptian plant: the capitules are 
much larger ; and, instead of being merely ciliated, the scales 
of the involucrum are covered with down. This is likewise 
the case with the Canarian specimens; but their capitules 
are not larger than those of the Egyptian plant; and as after 
a minute inspection of the inflorescence and fruit no other 
tangible difference is discernible, this plant can scarcely be 
considered specifically distinct. 
119. Odontospermum, Neck. C. H. Schultz, Bip. i» Phyt- 
Can. 2. p. 231. n 
We formerly remarked to our friend and collaborator, 
Dr. C. H. Schultz, of Deux Ponts, that Lessing, and after 
him De Candolle, by adopting the errors of Moench, who 
misunderstood the genus Asteriscus of Tournefort, and by 
giving that name to the well assorted group called Nauplius 
by Cassini, had been the unintentional cause of considerab e 
confusion. The Asteriscus of Tournefort belongs in reality 
to the genus Pallenis, Cass.; since from Buphthalmum spino- 
sum, L., its sole occupant, both the character and the figure 
of that genus were taken by him ; to which he appended tw? 
other species, Buph. maritimum and aquaticum, which do not 
