sent us by Mr. Forrest, appearing to have been hitherto 

 iindescribed. Its nearest affinity will probably be found 

 with S. lanceus of the Hortus Keweiisis, which would 

 appear to be distinct from the plant of the same name 

 figured in the Hortus Schdnbninnensis, which Willdenow 

 called oporinus ; the latter with pale-yellow flowers, and 

 the tips of the serratures of the leaves callous ; the former 

 having the leaves finely and regularly serrated. 



We presume this forms part of M. Cassini's genus 

 Jacobaea ; and it certainly has little in its appearance to 

 justify its union with Common Groundsel, in the same 



genus. 



Stan erect, quite smooth, suffruticose, striated. Leaves 

 sessile, half amplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat de- 

 current, at the base unequally and acutely toothed, at the 

 apex acute and entire ; the lowermost more toothed than 

 the rest. Heads in corymbose panicles ; the peduncles 

 with little bracteae here and there. Involucrum conical, 

 many-leaved, in a simple row, with many little bracteae at 

 the base ; leaflets rigid, ribbed, sphacelate at the apex, 

 membranous at the margin. Receptacle flat, honey-combed. 

 Florets of the ray female ; the tube clavate at the base, 

 about half as long as the plane, spreading, toothed ligula. 

 Style clavate at the base, included in the tube ; stigmas ■ 

 exserted, linear, smooth, obtuse at the end, without pa- 

 [)illa3 ; ovarium somevv'hat cylindrical, taper, pubescent ; 

 pappus capillary, scabrous. Florets of the disk hermaphro- 

 dite, tubular, 5-toothed at the apex, clavate at the base. 

 Anthers spurless at the base, with an ovate appendage at 

 the apex ; filaments very short, ovate. Ovarium taper, J 

 pubescent; pappus as in the florets of the ray; style thick- " 

 ened at the base ; stigmas linear, channelled inside, truncate 

 at the apex, with papilla?. 



J. L. 



