SYNGENEsiA FRusTKANEA. Galardia. 



Leysera caroliniana. JValt.Ji. car. 211. secundum Herl. 



Icon. La7ii. i/lustr. t. /08. 



In dry sandy soil : Carolina to Florida, G- 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. 



2. G. caule simplicissimo unifloro, foliis radicalibus obova- 



tis, caulmis linearibus, paieis pappi laceris. JFitUL 

 sp. pi. 3. p. 2246. 

 In open swamps of Carolina and Florida. Michaux. 



3. G. hirsutissima, scabra ; raule ramoso, foliis lineari- 



lanceoUiiis sessilibus, paieis pappi (5 — /) ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis longissinie aristatis. 



On dry hills on the Rocky- mountains. AT. Lewis. ^ . 

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



Plnntn hirsutissima. Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus. 

 Rami unirlori. Folia caulina alterna, longe-lineari- 

 lanceolata, sessilia, scabra, hirsutissima. Calyx ^uh' 

 imbricatus, polyphyllus : foliolis lineari-oblongis, acu- 

 tissimis, disco duplo longionbus, margine coloratis. 

 Corollulce : Radii circiter 12. obcupeatae, 3-fidae : 

 laciniis oblongis, subaequalibus, obtusiusculisj Disci 

 tubulosae, S-fidse : laciniis extus purpurascentibus hir- 

 sutissimis. Receptaculum in ambitu subpaleaceutn, 

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

 tis, longissime-setaceu-aristatis. 



W9 



Jimlriala. 



arislata. 



657. RUDBECKIA. Gen. pi. 1324. 



l.R. asperaj foliis inferioribus lato-ovatis basi alt^nuatis purpurea. 



remote dentatis, caulinis lanceolato-ovatis utrinque 



acuminatis subintegerrimis, radiis longissimis depen- 



dentibus bilidis. — IFil/d. sp. pi. 3. p 224g. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 2. Catesh. car. 2. t. 5Q. Pluk. aim. 



t.2\.f.\. 

 In the mountains : Virginia to Florida. 7/ . Aug. — 



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



large, rays purple, disk brown, 



2. R. glabra ; foliis oblongo-Ianceolatis cordatis axm^Xeyii- amplexifoUa 

 caulibus, inferioribus serratis, disco cylindraceo-coni- 

 co. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2249. 

 R, amplexicaulis. Vahl in act. soc. nat. scrut. haf. 2. 

 p. 29. /. 4. 



