STNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 1T5 



acute. Rays neutral, more than 20. Tube of the discal 

 florets minute, border viscidly glandular, 4 and 5-toothed. 

 Stigmas obtuse. Seed smooth and subcylindric; paleaceous 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, somewhat lacerated. — A genus, 

 much more nearly allied to Helenium than Galardia, but 

 connecting both. Hab. In the open swamps of Carolina 

 and Georgia. — The leaves are somewhat sweetish to th© 

 taste. 



587. GALARDIA. Fongeroux. Juss, WiUd. 

 Calix many-leaved, flat, subequal. Rays se- 



mitrifid and broader towards tlie summit. Recep- 

 tack setose, hemispherical. Pappus paleaceous^ 

 leaflets 8 to 10, awned. 



Herbaceous; stem simple or branched from the base; 

 leaves alternate, lower ones incisely toothed; flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal, long pedunculate, particoloured, the disk 

 brownish-red, rays partly yellow. Seed densely pilose 

 towards the base. 



Species. 1. G. bicolor. In the open Pine forests of 

 Georgia and'South Carolina. /3. aristata. Ph. Scarcely 

 specifically distinct from the preceding, but requires fur- 

 ther comparison. Indigenous to the grassy hills of the 

 Missouri; abundant near Fort Mandan, and from thence 

 to the Mountains. In a native state the stem is generally 

 1-flowered. Root perennial. This variety bears the cli- 

 mate of England without protection, and ripens seeds.^ 

 The only species of the genus. 



588. ^BALDUINA.t 



Calix imbricated, foliaceous, and squarrose* 

 Rays subtrifid. Receptacle hemispherical, cor- 

 neous, celhilarl Seeds immersed. Pappiis pa- 

 leaceous, awnless, erect, about 10-leaved. 



Herbaceous; stems 1 or many-flowered, flowers pedun- 

 culate, terminal, yellow; leaves alternate, very entire. 



Species. 1. B. • unifora. Stem mo&tly 1-flowered, 

 angular and sulcated; leaves partly carnose, spathulate- 

 linear, entire and smooth, radical ones ovate; pappus 



T Dedicated as a just tribute of respect for the talents and in- 

 dustry of William Baldwyn, M. D., late of Savannah in Geor- 

 gia; a gentleman whose botanical zeal and knowledge has safe- 

 ly been excelled in America. 



