354 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES 



Hab. In Georgia. (Dr. Juet.) Flowers pale yellow, small. Nearly allied to H^ Isevis, biU 

 as distinct as H. scabra, and differing from both in the involucrum. 



Division Rudbeckie^. 



FiCRmA.CE A pallida. E. angustifolia; Decand., Vol. V., p. 554. RudhecMa 

 pallida; Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. VII., p. 77. 



Hab. In Arkansa. Flowers pale rose, almost white. 



Echinacea atroruhens. RudhecMa atrorubens; Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Philad., 

 Vol. VII., p. 80. 



Echinacea * sanguinea; hirsute; but not canescent; stem mostly one-flowered, 

 scabrous below, smooth above, sometimes branching from near the base ; radi- 

 cal leaves elliptic, the rest lanceolate, acute, petiolate, mostly entire; flower 

 very long pedunculate; sepals oblong-lanceolate; rays narrow and dependent, 

 shortly bidentate. 



Hab. The plains of Eed River, near the confluence of the Kiamesha. A very elegant and dis- 

 tinct species, with dark red rays. Allied to E. pallida, but the leaves less whitely hirsute, the 

 rays narrower and deep coloured, &c. Lower part of the stem leafy, leaves moderately attenu- 

 ated below, three^nerved, narrow lanceolate, apparently entire. Rays about fifteen. Capitulum 

 hemispheric, but not conic. About two feet high ; the naked part of the stem, or peduncle, about 

 two-thirds the whole length. 



RUDBECKIA. (Cassini.) 



RuDBECKiA *strigosa; %. Stem hispid, somewhat smooth above, branching 

 from below, the branches one-flowered, fastigiate; leaves sessile, amplexicaule, 

 ovate sublanceolate, below oblong serrulate, softly strigose with appressed 

 hairs, and somewhat cinereous; peduncles elongated; rays about eight, oblong, 

 rather short; sepals spreading, in two rows, oblong-lanceolate; disk hemi- 

 spherical. 



Hab. Alabama. (Dr. Juet.) A rather remarkable species, almost hoary with a close clothing 

 of softish, appressed, and rather long hairs ; the serratures minute, except on the lowest leaves. 

 Allied to R. hirta and to R. mollis, of Elliott, but the rays are broad and short, not more than 

 eight. Chaff of the receptacle linear, rather obtuse. 



RudbecMa * maxima; smooth, robust and glaucous, very tall ; leaves all erji- 

 tire, very broad and large, radical ovate petiolate; lower stem leaves obovate,., 



