222 Planta Lindhetmeriane. 
629.) K. errusa (sp. nov.): perennis? caule virgato ad 
apicem usque folioso hirsuto; foliis utrinque hispidis oblongis 
obtusis integerrimis e basi lata arcte sessilibus, infimis subspa- 
thulatis basi attenuatis, costa supra impressa subtus promi- 
nula; panicula decomposita patentissima, ramulis. peduncu- 
lisque. filiformibus; bracteis minimis subulatis ; involucri 
turbinati squamis gradatim imbricatis oblongis marginibus 
scariosis obtusissimis euspidato-mucronatis; ligulis albis 5— 7 
oblongis; fl. disci 7—10 sterilibus; acheniis radii plano- 
compressis ovalibus ealloso-marginatis ad margines presertim 
hirtellis, faciebus fere enerviis apice acutatis pappo minimo 
setuloso-coroniformi superatis, disci omnibus abortivis gracili- 
bus, pappo ut in radio. — Shady declivities, on the banks of 
the Upper Guadaloupe, near Comanche Spring. August, 
September, Stem from 18 to 30 inches: high, very leafy to 
the top; the leaves about an inch long, not unlike those of 
Aster patens, but not clasping. — Heads. very numerous: invo- 
lucre scarcely more than two lines long. 
416. GYMNOSPERMUM convuBosuu, DC. Prodr. 5. p. 3123. 
Torr. & Gray, Fl. 9. p. 192. Rocky and naked limestone: 
terraces. between the headwaters of the San Antonio and 
Guadaloupe. rivers. — August— October. — The leaves are: 
nearly lanceolate. 
(80.) Gutrerrezia Texana, Torr. & Gray, l.c. New 
Braunfels, in large masses on sterile soil. July, August. 
417. SOLIDAGO speciosa y- RIGIDIUsCULA, Torr. & Gray: 
foliis angustioribus, capitulis majusculis. $S. Lindheimeriana, 
Scheele in Linnea, 91. p. 599. On limestone gravel in the 
dry bed of the Cibolo, between New Braunfels and San An- 
tonio. October.' 
n: styli fl. disci steril. appendice gracili lanceolata hispida superati. — Caulis 
trictus, panicula polycephala composita, pedunculis pedicellisque filiformibus pa- 
slabs cx capitulis paucifloris. 
= . K. SITARA EY ne — Like Brschyeome, which it mum in America, 
1 Solidago citudin Scheele. in Linnea, l. c., from Virginia, pears to be S. 
speciosa 8. angustata, Torr. d Gray. - Me 
