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acute. Kays neutral, more tlian 20. Tube of the discal 

 florets miiuite, border viscidly glandular, 4 and 5-toothed. 

 Stijrmas obtuse. Seed smooth and subcylindric; paicaceou3 

 leaflets oblont^, obtuse, somewhat lacerated. — A genus 

 much more nearly allied to Heleninm than Galardia, but 

 connecting- both. Hab. In the c^ien swamps ot Carolina 

 and Georgia. — The leaves are somewhat sweetish to the 

 taste. 



58r. GALARDIA. Fougeroux, Jnss. Wilhl, 



Calix many-leaved, flat, subequal. Rays ^e- 

 mitrifid and broader towards the summit. Recej)- 

 tack setose, hemispherical. Pappus paleaceou.s, 

 leaflets 8 to 10, awned. 



Herbaceous; stem simple or branched from the base; 

 leaves altei-nate, lower ones incisely toothed; flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal, long pedunculate, particoloured, the disk 

 brownish-red, rays partly yellow. Seed densely pilose 

 towards the base. 



Spzcies. 1. G. bicolor. In the open Pine forests of 

 Georgia and*South Carolina. |3. aristata. Ph. Scarcely 

 specifically distinct from the preceding, but requires fur- 

 ther comparison. Indigenous to the grassy hills of the 

 Missouri; abvindant near Fort Mandan, and from thence 

 to tlie Mountains. In a native state the stem is generally 

 1-flowered. Root pereimial. This variety bears the cli- 

 mate of England without protection, and ripens seeds. — 

 The only species of the genus. 



588. ^BALDUINA.f 



Calix imbricated, foiiaceous, and squarrose. 

 Raifs subtrifid. Receptacle hemi.spheri(:al, cor- 

 neous, rellulai'! Seeds immersed. Pappus pa- 

 leaceous, awnless, erect, about 10-leaved. 



Herbaceous; stems 1 or many-flowered, flowers pedun- 

 culate, terminal, yellow; leaves alternate, very entire. 



Species. 1. B. * unifora. Stem m.ostly 1-flowered, 

 angular and sulcated; leaves partly carnose, spathulate- 

 linear, entire and smooth, radical ones ovate; pappus 



I Dedicated as a just tribute of respect for the talents and in- 

 dustry of William Baldwyn, M. D., late of Savannah in Geor- 

 gia; a gentleman whose botanical zeal and knowledge has rare- 

 ly been excelled in America. 



