OF KUHNIA. i 4 



1824, and all appear to be new, his K. critonla 

 is that of Mx. probably and nearer to K. ros- 

 marinifolia, yet distinct, and I named it K. tu- 

 herosa in 1833. His K. eupatorioidcs I deem- 

 ed doubtful by himself, altho' very near the Lin- 

 nean Sp. is somewhat peculiar, and perhaps 

 distinct, it is my K. dasypia. It is from the 

 prairies of Alabama. There also grow his 3d Sp. 

 K. glutinosa, a new sp. which I possess and is 

 quite distinct. It has been adopted by the com- 

 piler Eaton, with the other usual 2 sp. in 1833 

 in his manual of Botany, 6th edition, who never 

 saw any of the plants; he ascribes with Pursh to 

 K. critonia, pubescent and petiolate leaves ! 



Few of these botanists uppear to have taken 

 the trouble to consult the original description of 

 Linneus, Arduin and others, and thus they as- 

 cribe the characters at random, The original 

 Eupatorium alternifolium had Stem terete 

 pubescent^ leaves lanceolate^ petiolate^ decur- 

 rent, triuncial, rough: corymbs midtiflore 

 compact^ callx striate. This is the Siberian 

 plant of Arduin tab. 20. But Linneus in his 

 last edition decribes the K. eupatorioides with 

 Stem rigid and branches in the middle smooth, 

 leaves alterne subpetiolate broad lanceolate 

 serrate rugose, uncial, upper ones linear lan- 

 ceolate entire ; corymbs small ; whicli agrees 

 perfectly with the plants found near Philadel- 

 phia in 1836. Yet he refers to it the above 

 disparate plant of Arduin, and also the figure 

 of Plukenet 87. 2 ! best figured in his son's de- 

 cads tab. 11. Meantime the plant of Gaertner 

 is described by Smith with entire leaves, linear 

 lanceolate and corymb paniculate pauciflore. 



Yet Michaux's plant (with Gaertner's name) 



