aes 
¥ < 2 : #Y 
356. DE ae OF NEW SPECIES 
; a i Ane = . ey 
a as gt > _ ? . : ; ay ECHIN Q N tt » RIA. re: 
ae = ey + somtehorl R aides h Tey ‘ amous or adorei: rays 
_* ellow, ) spreading, rather short, (about eight;) discal florets herma- 
, with: the border five-cleft, the tube contracted, shorter than the bor~ 
<saietice 3 “Tnvolierum i in about three series, the sepals nearly equal, lanceolate 
Ss “and discoloured, similar with the palea. Receptacle convex, alveolate, den- 
eae, spolousongt the palew: lanceolate, carinate and embracing, acumi-_ 
gas tl 
m3 ma a hisstle Schstiom Giraconal er 3 crowed swittta. 
minute, deciduous, chafty pappus, two of the angles somewhat toothed.— 
” 4 . 4 perennial, opposite-leaved herb, with the aspect of an Helianthus. Stem 
: Jey. hairy | lors almost pened and ile abo one-fioweted capitu- 
TE ) and Poi.) Nort. in 
nthus apetalus; Le- 
contr, in Herb. Schweinitz 
Has. In the. pine | barrens of Georgia nea ame and pols Perennial Radical leaves wide- 
eaves 
ly ovate and short, ‘sessile, somewhat = te 
crowded towards the base of the stem, which is very ai the rest of the stem, for about two 
feet, n nearly smooth, and like a scape, almost leafless; one or two upper minute leaves linear and 
tel ate 3 lower pair lanceolate, opposite and sessile. Capitulum hemispherical, resembling 
m stv holly that of Helianthus atrorubens, but mostly without rays. Sepals in three rows, 
nearly equa , lanceolate, acuminate, nearly smooth, dark purple, faintly t three-nerved ; palew acu- 
minate, narrow lencoolalle y with a narrow, acute tooth a. Achenium with two 
obtuse angles, rather rough, war ie " spots, at Gat with 1 is eS Te 
ene and an inner, irregular crown of pilose, minute, u 1 
th erie fruit, when the two obtuse angles only present short, 
say whether this plant more resembles Helianthus or Echinacea, it is so entirely ae with 
those. tae the aspect is — of the latter, but the palez are not pungent, and the rays ieee 
