SYNGEN'ESIA FRUSTKANEA. Galardia. 573 



Leysera caroliniana. Widt.fl. car. 211. secundum Herb. 



Icon. Lam. illustr. t. 7O8, 



In dry sandy soil : Carolina to Florida. O- July, Aug. 



V. V. About two feet high ; flowers large and very 



showy; rays orange with red towards the base, disk 



dark purple with orange. 

 . G. caule simplicissimo nniiioro, foliis radicalibus obova- Jimhriala. 



lis, caulinis linearibus, paleis pappi laceris. Willd. 



sp. pi. 3. p. 2240'. 

 In open swam;:)s of Carolina and Florida. Mkhaux. 



. G. hirsutissima, scabra ; caule ramoso, foliis lineari- aristata. 



lanceolatis sessilibus, paleis pappi (5 — 7) ovato-lan- 

 ceolalis longissime aristatis. 



On dry hilU on the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. ^. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers orange-coloured. 



Plnnln hirsutissima. CnuUs erectus, teres, ramosus. 

 Rami uniHori, Folia caulina alterna, longe-lineari- 

 lanceolata, sessilia, scabra, hirsutissima. Calyx sub- 

 imbricatus, polyphyllus : foiiolis lineari-oblongis, acu- 

 tissimis, disco duplo longioribus, margine coloratis. 

 Corolliilce : Radii circiter 12. obcuneatse, 3-fidae : 

 laciniis oblongis, subaequalibus, obtusiusculis, Disci 

 tubulosae, 5-tidae : laciniis extus purpurasceiitibus hir- 

 sutissimis. Receptaculum in ambitu subpaleaceuin, 

 centro setosum. Pappus : paleis 5 — 7. scariosis, ova- 

 lis, longissime-setaceo-aristatis. 



657. RUDBECKIA. Gen. pi. 1324. 



. R. aspera; foliis inferioribus lato-ovatis basi altinuatis purpurea. 



remote dentatis, caulinis lanceolato-ovatis utrinque 



acuminatis subintegerrimis, radiis longissimis depen- 



dentibus bifidis. — inild. sp. pl.3. p 224g. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 2, Catesh. car. 2. t. 59. Flak. aim. 



/.21./1. 

 In the mountains : Virginia to Florida, % . Aug.— • 



Oct. V. V. A highly ornamental perennial ; flowers 



large, rays purple, disk brown, 



. R. glabra ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis cordatis amplexi- amplexifoUa', 

 caulibus, inferioribus serratis, disco cylindraceo-coni- 

 co.~ IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2249. 

 R. amplexicaulis. Vahl in act. soc. nat. scrut. huf. 2. 

 p. 29. /. 4. 



