S64 



a77gustifoli' 

 um. 



sa^it latum. 



viUosus. 



spinulosi 



sYKGENEsiA suPERFLUA. Buphthalmum, 



On the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. Pj . Aug. Sept. 

 V. V. A shrub about five feet high. 



2. B. foliis alternis linenribus superne latioribus integerri- 



mis glabris, calyciiiis foliolis acute-lanceolatis. — Hcrh. 

 Banks, mss. 

 In* Georgia and Florida. Bat tram. 1/. v. s. in Herl. 

 Banks. 



3. B. tomentosum ; foliis radicalibus longissime petiolatis 



oblongi^ sagittatis integerrimis subtrinervibus, caulinis 

 oblongis in petioluin aiteuuatis, caule subtrifloro, ca- 

 lycinis foliolis exterioribus disco longioribus. 

 On dry barren hills, in the Rocky-moumains. M. Lewis. 

 11. June, July. v. s. in lierb. Lewis. Flowers large, 

 yellow. The natives eat the young stems as they 

 spring up, raw. 



650. AMELLUS. Gen. pZ. 1315. 



1. A. villosissimus; foliis sessiiibus oblongis acuminatis in- 



tegerrimis, floribus axillaribus brevi-petiolatis, radiis 

 integris, paleis setaceis. 

 On the Missouri. 1/. v. s. Rays yellow. 



2. A. canescens; foliis bipinnatifidis inciso-dentatis, laclniis 



linearibus rigido-mucronatis, floribus lateralibuset ter- 

 minalibus congestis, radiis bidentatis, paleis setaceis. 



In open prairies on the Missouri. M. Lewis. 1/ . Aug. 

 Sept. V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Rays yellow. 



Tola planta i-igida, scabra, cano-viridescens. Caulis ra- 

 mosissiraus. Rami angulosi. Ramuli laterales breves, 

 uniflori. Folia alterna, bipinnatifida, rigida, laciniis 

 linearibus, spinula terminatis, inferioribus inciso-den- 

 tatis. Flores laterales solitarii et terminales congest!, 

 subcorymbosi, lutei. Co/yx imbricatus : squamis ex- 

 terioribus brevioribus, aculis, hirsutis ; interioribus li- 

 nearibus, scariosis. Coroiluice radii lineari-lanceolatae, 

 bidentatae. Receptaculum : Paleis brevibus, subulatis. 



Both species are an intermediate link between Jster and 

 Inula. They approach the nearest to Amellus ; but the 

 receptacle is not, properly speaking, paleaceous, but 

 only setaceous. 



651. VERBESINA. Gen. pZ. ISi;. 



virginica. 1. V. caule angusto alato, foliis alternis lato-lanceolatis sub- 



serratis, corymbo composito, calycibus oblongis pu- 

 bsscenlibus.— /ri//(Z. sp. pi. 3. p. 2222. 



