Plante Lindheimeriane. 99] 
96. HzerraNTHUS cUcUMERrFOLIOS, Torr. & Gr. Fl. II. p. 
319. Sandy soil, west of the Brazos. July, August. The 
mottled stems, with the leaves all cordate and coarsely toothed, 
and the narrow involucral scales quite reflexed and tapering 
gradually into long subulate points, are uniform in all the speci- 
mens. The foliage is deep green. s 
.97. H. precox (n. sp.): annuus vel biennis; caule his- 
pido ramoso ; foliis alternis longe petiolatis (subcinereis) leviter 
serratis deltoideo-ovatis in petiolum abrupte attenuatis, infimis 
tantum cordatis ; pedunculis elongatis monocephalis ; involucri 
foliolis lanceolatis, subulato-acuminatis"discum vix superanti- - 
bus; corolla fl. disci atro-purpurea gracili ; achenio piloso ; 
paleis pappi lanceolatis puberulis. — In loose sandy soil im- 
pregnated with salt, Galveston Island. April and May; in 
eultivation flowering from June to October. Plant 11—9: feet 
high; the heads about as large as in H. cucumerifolius, to 
Which it is nearly allied ; but from which it is constantly dis- 
tinguished by its smaller size, the slightly toothed and seldom 
cordate leaves, the broader and more abruptly pointed in- 
volucral scales, the slender disk-corollas, the nearly flat (instead 
of hemispherical) disk in fruit, &c., &c. 3475 x REG 
98. H. occrpENrALIs g PLANTAGINEUS, Torr. & Gr. L c. 
Bottom lands, south of Houston. August, September. , 
9. H. gicus, Desf. Fertile prairies. June — August. 
100. H. aneustironiws, Linn. Wet prairies. June— Aug. 
101. Congopsis Dnavwwowpu, Torr. & Gr. l c. Sandy 
downs of Galveston Island. May — October. i ; 
102. C. trxcrorra, Nutt. Prairies on Galveston Island. 
103.. Gartnarpia picta, Don. Galveston Island, on a soil 
formed of fragments of shells. May. à rae 
104. G. Aumr.yopox, Gay. In sandy or gravelly soil, west 
of the Brazos, May—July. This species is equally showy 
with the preceding in cultivation: the copious rays are deep 
neat fame-color, with brown-purple at the base, and under- 
neath. weno: Í 
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105. G: taxcEOLAT A, Michx. Galveston Island, &c. | 
