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BRICKELLIA. E. 



Involucrum 



poly 



phyllum, imbricatum. 

 Semina sub glabra, 10 

 striata. Pappus pilo- 

 sus sive scaber. Re- 



Involucrum many 

 leaved, imbricate. Seed 

 nearly glabrous. 10 

 streaked. 



? 



Pappus 



hairy or scabrous. Re- 



ceptaculum nudum, ! ceptade naked 

 punctatum. 1 ted. 



? 



dot- 



1. CORDIFOLIA. 



E. 



Stem about three feet high, finely pubescent, ahiiost tomentose near the 

 dummit. Lower leaves opposite, eordate, acuminate, dentate, triplinerved, 

 finely pubescent, particularly on the under surface, on petioles about an inch 

 long ; upper leaves frequently alternate, obtuse at base. Flowers not nu- 

 merous, moderately large, in a terminal paniculate corymb. Involucnm 

 many leaved, many flowered, (forty to fifty) ; the interior leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate ; the exterior linear, almost setaceous, loosely attached to the sum- 

 mit of the peduncle. Corolla tubular, five-cleft at the summit, pale purple. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla, attached to the tube. Style much longer 

 than the corolla, two-cleft. Stigmas linear, obtuse. Seed long, angular, 

 striate, a little hairy towards the summit. Receptacle slightly convex, naked, 

 conspicuously dotted. Pappus hairy, pale purple, a little scabrous, as long 



as the corolla. r? t 



This plant which in its artificial characters is closely allied to the Eiipato- 

 rlum, differing principally in size and number, in its general aspect, beais more 

 resemblance to the Vernonia. I have natned it in commemoration of fr* 

 John Brickcll, of Savannah, who at one period of his life paid much atten- 

 tion to the botany of this country, and made known to Dr. JVIuhlenberg, 

 Fraser and others, many of its undescribed plants. 



Grows on the sides of hills in the western districts of Georgia. 

 JFlowers August — September. 



KUHNIA. Gen, Pl. 322. 



Involucrum 



cylin- 



Involuctmm cyllndri' 



draceum, imbricatum. I cal, imbricate. Popjnis 



Pappus plumosus, ses 



silis. 



Semina pubes 



centia, multistriata. 



f e a th e r e d 



sessile 



Seeds pubescent, many 

 streaked. 



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