1818 



GALATELLA puuctafa 

 Dotted GalatcUa. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTlLlNEA. 



Nat. ord. Asterace.e. (Composit.e.) {Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany^ p. 197.) 



GALATELLA, Cassini. Capltulum radiatum ; radio uniscriall, li<i-ulis 

 i'oeniineis abortivls ; disci Hosculis hcniiapliroditis fertilibub tubulosis ; sti'nnatihus 

 apice spathulatis obtusis. Involucrum disco brevius ; foliolis pluriserialibus 

 imbricatis iuappcndiculatis ; interioribus membranaceis exterioribus sspe trinerviis. 

 Receptaculum alveolatum, marginibus alveolorum paleaceo-laceris. Pappus 

 simplex, pluriserialis, radiis liliformibus rigidis serrulato-scabris. ^cAewm dense 

 hirsuta v. etrigoso-setacea. Nees Genera et Sp. Asterearum, p. 158. (terminis 

 mutatis.) 



G. inuictata ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis trinervibus punc- 

 tatis scabris, ramulorum lincuribus, caule apice corymboso ramis eloncratis 

 paucitloris coiitractis, involucris brevibus turbinatis, radio longo. Nees I.e. 



Aster punctatus. W. ,$• Kit. I^l. Hung. 2.113.^. 1 09. 



Galatelia intermedia. Cass, in diet, des so. nat. xviii. p. 5S. 



Aster desertorum. Fisch. hied. 



A hardy herbaceous plant, native of salt marshes in 

 Hungary, Podolia, and elsewhere in the east of Euro})e. it 

 also occurs in Siberia. In this country it flowers in July 

 and August, growing to the height of about two feet, and 

 forming a thick compact bush. 



We greatly doubt whether it is really a distinct species 

 from G. hyssop'ifolla and acris., or they from eacli other, so 

 very difficult is it to distinguish them with absolute certainty 

 when one has a long series of specimens under examination. 

 From the former it may, however, be generally known by 

 its compact inflorescence, and larger flower heads, which are 



