300 Cnlalogite of Plants growing in East-FIorida. 



Observations. — A brittle branched shrub with rather 

 crowded leaves, shaped Uke those of commoa purslain 

 Portiilacca oleracea,) branchlets attenuated and ahnost, 

 naked above. The ca!}X narrowed at the base, is formed 

 of a few imbricated, liuear-lanceolate, aud acuminate 

 scales, (in a dried state,) shining with resinous atoms as in 

 the Eupatoriums Florets purple, the pappus also tinged 

 with the same colour* The corymb of dowers in this spe- 

 cies, with the exception of colour, could scarcely in any 

 resoect be distintruished from those of Rnhnia Critonia, 



Eupatorium coelestinum. Willd. 



E- foeniculacinm. Willd. 



Mikania scandens. Willd, 



Polypteris integrifolia. KuttalPs Gen. 2- p, 139. 



Melananthera hastata. Mich. 



SYNGENESIA.— Sl^perflua. 



Baccharis halimifolia. Lin. 



B. augustifolia. Mich. 3. p. 125. 



Conyza pycnostachya. Mich. 2. p. 126. 



Erigeron pusillurn. NiittalVs Gen. 2. p- 148. 



E- pliiladelpliicum. WilUL 



Inula {Chrysopsis) gossypina. Mick. 2* p. 122. 



I. scabra. Pursh. 2. p. 531. 



I. gramiuiroha. Mich. 2. p. 122. 



I. divaricuta. XuttalPs Gen. 2. p. 152. 



I. obovata. NutlalVs Gen. 2. p. 152. 



Aster montanus. KutiaWs Gen. 2. p. 156. 



A. caroHoiauus. Walter, Willd. 2. p. 2017. 



Solidago pyramidala, Pzirsh. 2. p. 537. 



S. lacevigata^ Willd. 3. p. 2063. 



Selloa * Jiudata. radiis paucissimis, floribus corymbosis*. 

 bracteis filiformlbus, foliis iategerrimis lincaribus oppositi^ 

 glabris. Hab. East-Florida. 



Observations. — Perennial ? Stem smooth and angular. 

 Leaves opposite linear, rather thick and smooth. Corymb 

 compound, trichotomous. Flowers yellow, scarcely distin- 

 guishable from those of solidago, except by the paucity ot 

 rays. Calyx tive-Ieaved, cylindric, coloured. Rays often 

 altogether wanting ? (in my specimen.) never more than 



