^60 STNGEXESIA. StrffRrLLA. 



dlgenous to Mexico. Obs. Kacenies not vlrprated, panicu- 

 late, secund, nearh' naked, aiid not cxsertcd; peduncles 

 irostiy l-fiowered, c;dix with fewer bractes; flowers lar- 

 ger, peduuc'es equally pubescent, rays about 10. liecep- 

 tacie punctate, niargiiis of the alveoli, in tins as well as 

 in the p.rLCeding- pubescent. 



25. cempervirens. Obs. Stem tall, erect and smooth; leaves 

 lineur-lanceulate, vsrry acute, partly acuminate, suucar- 

 nose, .suiooth and entire, margin scabrous; racemes loose, 

 filiform, axilLaiy, secund and suberect; peduncles squa- 

 niose, pubescent, longer than the calix; ra\ s elongated, 5 

 or e. ^eed pubescent. 



f f Racemes erect. 



'2,7- * »peciosa. Stem tall and smooth, simple or virgately 

 branched; leaves lanceolate, entire, sDmcv.liat carnose, 

 fscabroas on the niargin, the lower very br^ad, radical 

 ones subserrate; racemes terminal, erect and compound, 

 j)ube3cent; peduncles mostly shorter than the cal x; rays 

 idongated i-tbout 5; seed smooth. Hab. In shady woods, 

 oil ',!ie banks of tije Schuylkill, also in New Jersey; near 

 Philadelphia^ but rare. S. sempervirens. Mich. 5'. integri- 

 f-jUa? Persoon, 2. p. 449. Allied to S. peiiolaris. Stem 

 often 6 feet id^h, smootli and sulcate. Lowest leaves a 

 j-'pan lonjj;-, and 3 inclies broad, irregularly and remotely 

 subserraie, upper leaves very entire, gradually diminish- 

 ing upwards, in dry and shady situations, membx-anaceous 

 and veined, in gardens subcarnose and smaller, with the 

 veins partly obliterated, racemes also numerous, but always 

 i-igid, terminal and erect. Flov.ers larger than the pre- 

 ^•eding, w iili the culix also coloured (which in the prece- 

 ding is green); rays bright yellow, unusually broad. The 

 .seeds in this species are perfectly smooth, in our semper- 

 virens pubescent. This is one of the most ornamental 

 plants of the genus. 



2S. pauci/Ioscidosa. 20- bicohr. 20. petiolaris. 31. stri'cta. 



32. vb'gala. AJich. Obs. Stem sm.ooth and simple, at- 

 tenuated, summit racemose; raceme uiostly solitary, com- 

 pound, peduncles erect, smooth, and filiform, squamose; 

 leaves -mooih, lanceolate-oblong, partly obtuse, enct, dia- 

 phanousl} punctate, and scabrous on the n.argin,lower ones 

 subserrate, the up])er small and e-ntire. — In open swamps 

 around Wilmington, Nortli Carolina. Stem remarkably 

 attenuated, more so than in the following, to which it is 

 nearly allied, 4 to 5 feet hip;h; the leaves gradually dimin- 

 ishing upwards to 3 or 4 lines in length, and about 2 in 

 breadth; lowest leaves linear-lanceolate, 2 or 3 inches 

 long, remotely but regularly serrulate. Flowers small. 



