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3-4, summis 2-3 longis) merabranaceis parce denticulatis vel integer- 

 rimis, radicalibus caulinisque infimis spathulato-obovatis in petiolum 

 alatum basi auriculato-dilatatum amplexicaulem angustatis, caeteris 

 ovatis oblongisve acutatis basi cordato-amplexicaulibus ; involucro 

 hemisphaerico foliaceo discum tequante, bracteis extimis foliis refe- 

 rentibus intimas lanceolatas superaiitibus ; ligulis uuraerosis angustis 

 pallide cteruleis semipollicaribus ; acheniis glabris. — Along streams 

 in the subalpiue region, in the mountains of Union Co., E. Oregon, 

 W. Cusick. 



"Whether Galatella, DC. [Galatea, Cass.) should be kept distinct 

 from Aster, partly for geographical reasons, may be still a mooted 

 question ; but whether as a genus or subgenus it could hardly include 

 a West-Indian shrubby plant, which has been mistakenly referred to 

 SoUdago. It is proposed now to distinguish it, under the name of 



GUNDLACHIA, Nov. Gen. Asteroideariim. Capitulum pauci- 

 florum, heterogamum ; floribus radii 1-3 foeminei ; disci 3-5 herma- 

 phroditis, omnibus fertilibus. Involucrum angustum ; bracteis siocis 

 gradatim imbricatis subcarinatis uninerviis ; intimis lato-linearibus, 

 extimis brevibus subovatis. Corolla radii ligula alba oblonga discum 

 £equante ; disci flava, limbo usque ad tubum gracilem 5-partito, lobis 

 linearibus patentissimis. Stamina prorsus exserta. Styli fl. herm. rami 

 plani, appendice fere aequilonga et lata acutiuscula superati. Achenia 

 gracilia, teretia, o-nervia. Pappus uniserialis, e setis copiosis capillari- 

 bus sequalibus. — Frutex orgyalis, ramis erectis foliosissimis lineari- 

 bus subtrinerviis integerrimis, capitulis Solidagini referentibus, sed in 

 thyrsum panicul^formem vel subcorymbiformem (nee racemiformem) 

 digestis. 



GuNDLACniA DoMiNGENSis. SoUdago Domiiigensis, Spreng. Syst. 

 iii. 639 ; DC. Prodr. v. 341 ; Griseb. Cat. Cub. 150. ,S'. Llndeniana, 

 A. Rich, fide Griseb. BaccJiaris ptarmicfEfoUa, Griseb. in PL AVright. 

 Cub. 513 (no. 1314), non DC. — St. Domingo, Bertero. Cuba, Lin- 

 den, "Wright, toward the eastern end of the island. Dedicated to Mr. 

 J. Gundlach of Havana, an acute naturalist, the friend and companion 

 of Charles Wright in his Cuban explorations. 



The following are the characters of a few new Compositce. 



Ch^nactis suffrutescens. Albo-tomentosa ; ramis lioridis e 

 caule perenni lignescente decumbente vel huraifuso erectis (subpedali- 

 bus) apice longe nudis peduncuKformibus monocephalis ; foliis in 

 segmenta 5-7 linearia obtusa subintegerrima 1-2-pinnatipartitis ; in- 



