564 



angustifoli' 

 um. 



sasiitatum. 



villosus. 



sp'mulosiis. 



5Y>GENEsiA supERFLUA. Buphthalmum. 



On the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. T2 . Aug. Sept. 

 V. V. A shrub about five feet high. 



2. B. fohis ahernis Hnearibus superne latioribus integerri- 



mis glabris, calycinis foHolis acute-lanceoiatis. — Herb. 

 Banks, mss. 

 In Georgia and Florida. Bartram. 1/. v. s. in Herb. 

 Banks. 



3. B. tornentosutn ; foiiis radicalibus longissime petiolatis 



oblongis sagittatis ir.tegerrimis subtrinervibus, caulinis 

 oblongis in petioluni aitenuaiis, caule subtrifloro, ca- 

 ]ycinis foliohs exterionbus disco longioribus. 

 On dry barren hills, in the Uocky-mouniains. M. Lewis. 

 1/. June, July. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers large, 

 yellow. The natives eat the young stems as they 

 spring up, raw. 



650. AMELLUS. Gen. pi. 1315. 



1. A. villosissimus ; foiiis sessilibus oblongis acuminatis in- 



tegerriniis, floribus axillaribus brevi-petiolatis, radiis 

 integris, paleis setaceis. 

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



2. A. canescens; foiiis bipinnatifidis inciso-dentatis, laciniis 



linearibus rigido-mucronatis, floribus lateralibus et 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 rigida, scabra, cano-viridescens. CauUs ra- 

 mosissinius. Rami angulosi. Ramuli laterales breves, 

 uniflori. Folia alterna, bipinnatifida, rigida, laciniis 

 linearibus, spinula terniinatis, inferioribus inciso-den- 

 tatis. Flares laterales solitarii et terminales congest!, 

 subcorymbosi, lutei. Calyx imbricatus : squamis ex- 

 terioribus brevioribus, acutis, hirsutis j interioribus li- 

 nearibus, scariosis. Corollulce radii lineari-lanceolatse, 

 bidentatae. Pieceptaculum : Paleis brevibus, subulatis. 



Both species are an intermediate link between Aster and 

 Inula. They approach the nearest to Aincllus ; but the 

 receptacle is not, properly speaking, paleaceous, but 

 only setaceous. 



651. VERBESINA. Gen.pl.\3\7. 



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



serratis, corymbo coniposito, calycibus oblongis pu- 

 bescentibus. — If 'Hid. sp. pi. 3, p. 2222. 



