nous to Europe and the Levant. 
581. TETRAGONOTNECA. L’Heritier. 
~  Calix 1-leaved, 4-sided, 4-parted, very broad. 
Receptacle paleaceous. Pappus none. noe 
Herbaceous; leaves opposite, entire; peduncles 1-flow- 
ered, dichotonial and terminal. - 
~— Species. 1.'Ts Aelianthoides. Has. In the pine woods 
of Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. Stem 2 to 3 feet high. 
Fiowers yellow. ~The only species of the genus, allied te 
4 helperie. 
582. : HEEIORSIE L’Heritier. ne 
Catia imbricated, scales subovate, lined. Rays 
large and linear. Receptacle paleaceous, conic, — 
_palza lanceolate. Seeds 4-sided. Pappus none. 
Herbaceous; ohana tee ovate, 3-nerved; Sedunclty - 
_ 1-flowered, dichotomal and . €alix nearly simple. 
fs Sprcrzs. 1. H. levis. Hav». From New York to Flori- 
_ da; often near fences, thriving by exposure. Flowers _ 
golden yellow.—The only species of the genus? 
E 583. BUPHTHALMUM. ZL. = . 
Cali foliaceous.’ Receptacle paleaceous. Pap- 
toothed, or an obsolete margin, 
artly a bala par 
. and Florida. ‘An les of the seed 3 or 4, acute, summit 
seuberosty ebsoletely eeees surtace cage gs and 
le 
A genus of near 50 species, cae partentysly indie 
iitetcens. On vie senaebant of Carolina 
