RUDBECKIA. 



canum mains, foliis magis difle&is ; Morif. v. 3. 22. feet. 6. 

 t. 6. f. 54- 1 - Lower leaves pinnate; leaflets pinnatifid : 

 tipper ones deeply three-cleft, lanceolate, partly cut. Crown 

 of tli lei I 1 renate. Stem fmooth. — Found on the moun- 

 tain > ot" Virginia and C irolina, flowering from Auguft to 

 Oflohr. Purjli. Thi. refembles the fir It fpecies, but has 

 1 rjlowers, and much narrower, rather fmoother, leaves. 

 Tlu- crown of each feed, befides having four teeth, is finely 

 i) or crenate. 

 4 R p'mnata. Fragrant Pinnated Rudbeckia. Venten. 

 Hort. Cels. t. 71. Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 1. 73. t. 38. Ait. 

 n. 3. Purfh n. 14. Michaux Boreali-Amer. v. 2. 144. 

 (R. digit at a ; Willd. n. 2.) — Leaves pinnate, fomewhat 

 Subdivided. Crown of the feed entire at the edge. Stem 

 rough. — Native of the weftern parts of Carolina and Geor- 

 gia, where it flower- from July to Oftobcr. Purfb. With 

 us it is a hardy perennial, having been introduced, from the 

 garden at Madrid, by feeds lent to the late lady Amelia 

 Hume. Every part of the herbage is minutely rough. 

 Flowers large and handfome, with the fcent of anife ; their 

 rays deep yellow ; numerous, broad, downy, pointing down- 

 wards ; difk ovate, dark purple, almoir black. Ventenat 

 miftook this for the digitata of Miller and Aiton. 



c. R. triloba. Three-lobed Rudbeckia. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1280. Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. 4. Purfh n. 9. (Chryfan- 

 themum c um virginianum hirfutum, difco nigro, pe- 



talis aureis radiato ; Pluk. Almag. 100. Phyt. t. 22. f. 2.1 

 — Leaves fpatulate ; the lower ones thrce-lobed ; the upper 

 undivided. Stem hairy, much branched. Calyx leafy. 

 Scales of the receptacle with prominent points. — An inha- 

 bitant of the mountains of Virginia and Carolina, flowering 

 in Augull and September. Purjh. Stem four or five feet 

 high, much branched and fpreading, leafy, ftriated, rough 

 with pale, rigid, deflexed hairs, which are more erect on 

 the branches. Leaves more or lefs fhaggy with iimilar hairs. 

 Flowers not much above an inch in diameter, pale yellow 

 according to Mr. Purfh, but partly orange, or tawny, in 

 our dried fpecimens. Outer fcales of the caly 1 leafy, as 

 long as the radiant florets. DJk convex, hardly conical, 

 remarkable for the projecting needle-like points of the 

 fcales, between the florets. This has long been cultivated 

 in France a^ well as England, where it is biennial, though 

 fometimes perennial in Carolina. 



6. R. fublomentja. Downy Rudbeckia. Purfh n. 10. 

 ( R. triloba /3 ; Michaux Boreali-Amer. v. 2. 144.) — 

 " Downy, with fhort pubefcence. Branches erect, inany- 

 flowercd. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, fomewhat fer- 

 rated ; the lower ones three-lobed. Scales of the calyx 

 clofe-prefled, fhorter than the rays." — Native of mountain 

 meadows, in Virginia and the country of the Illinois, 

 flowering in Auguft and September. Perennial, not near 

 fo tall as the preceding, from which it is very diftinct. 

 Purjh. 



7. R. Radula. File Rudbeckia. Purfh n. 8 " Stem 



hifpid below ; fmooth, and nearly naked, above. Stalks 

 very long, (ingle-flowered. Leaves ovate, tapering, tuber- 

 cutated, hifpid. Calyx imbricated ; with ovate, pointed, 

 fringed fcales. — Gathered by Bartram in Georgia. Mr. 

 Purfh defcribed it from the Bankfian herbarium. The 

 root is marked as biennial. We have examined no fpecimen. 



8. R. h'trta. Great Hairy Rudbeckia. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1280. Willd. n. 4. Ait. n. 5. Purfh n. 7. (R. foliis 

 lanccolato-ovatis, altcrnis, indivilis, pctahs radii bilidi • ; 

 Mill. Ic. t. 224. f. 1. Obelilcothcea integrifolia, radio 

 aureo, umbone .itro-rubente ; Dill. Elth. 295. t. 218.) — 

 Rough with brittly hairs. Stem (lightly branched, (ingle- 

 flowered. Flowcr-ltalk elongated, naked. Leaves undi- 



Vox,. XXX. 



vided, ovate, fomewhat fpatulate, triply ribbed, lerrated. 

 Calyx leafy. Scales of the receptacle lanceolate, hairy. — 

 Found on the mountains from Virginia to Florida, flower- 

 ing from July to September. Purjh. Root biennial. Herb 

 about two teet high, rough aid hairy. Flower rather 

 , with a dark brown difk, and long yellow rays. 

 9. R. fulgida. Small Hairy Rudbeckia. Ait. n. 6. 

 Willd. n. 5. Purfh 11. 6. — Stem hifpid. Branches ftraight, 

 (lowered. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, triply ribbed, 

 toothed, rough ; contracted, and fomewhat heart-fhaped, 

 at the bafe. Calyx leafy. Scales of the receptacle lanceo- 

 late, fringed. — In mountain meadows and woods, from Pen- 

 fylvania to Carolina, flowering from July to October. 

 Purjh. Said in Hort. Kew. to have been introduced into 

 England, by the late Mefl'rs. Kennedy and Lee, in 1760. 

 This differs from the laft in having a perennial root ; 

 branched Jlem ; and fmaller Jlowers, whofe rays are of a 

 deep orange-colour, and the difk dark purple. The fcales 

 of the calyx are fhorter, broader, and more ovate. 



10. R. denjfol'ia. Crowded-leaved Rudbeckia. — Stem 

 rough. Branches fingle-flowered. Leaves oppofite, flalked, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, rough, fomewhat toothed. Calyx clofe- 

 prefled, not half the length of the rays. — Gathered by 

 Commerfon, on rocks at Monte Video. The Jlim feems 

 rather fhrubby, branched, round, clothed with numerous 

 leaves, and very rough with minute deprefled prickles, fuch 

 as cover every part ot the herbage. Leaves about an inch 

 and half long, more or lefs acute, fometimes diftantly 

 toothed ; the upper ones partly fcattered. Flowers large, 

 on long, rough, nearly leaflefs Jlalks. Scales of the calyx 

 ovate, rough and fringed. Rays numerous, broad, yellow, 

 afcending, almolt thrice as long as the caly*. DJk brown, 

 or purplilh. 



11. R. decumbens. Decumbent Rudbeckia. — Stem de- 

 cumbent, creeping. Leaves oppofite, flalked, linear-fpatu- 

 late, nearly fmooth. Flower-ftalks erect, folitary, angular, 

 very long and (lender, (lightly hairy. — Found by Commer- 

 fon on the rocks of Monte Video. The Jlems are woody, 

 creeping by means of numerous radicles, afcending at the 

 extremity only, but producing, as they go, a denfe aflem- 

 blage o( fhort leafy (hoots or branches. Leaves very va- 

 rious in fize and breadth, obtufe, triply ribbed, rather 

 fh Ihy, very flightly and occafionally hairy, nearly entire. 

 F/owerJlalks terminal, folitary, limple, (ingle-flowered, ere£t 

 a I Itraight, naked, near a fpan long, being ten times 

 the length of the leaves, of equal thicknefs throughout. 

 Flowers about an inch in diameter, yellow in the dijh as well 

 a radius. Scales of the calyx ovate, acute, clole-prefled, 

 fringed with briftles, and about half the length of the rays. 

 We have no means of inveftigatirig the receptacle, ox feed- 

 crown, but we prefume, from the habit of every part, the 

 genus can fcarcely be doubtful. 



12. R. bcllidioides. Daify-like Rudbeckia. — Stem de- 

 cumbent. Leaves oppofite, llalked, ovate, rough-edged. 

 Flower-flalks erect, folitary, very long j (welling and very 

 downy at the top. — This likewile was gathered by Commer- 

 fon, at Monte Video. Roots creeping, with thick II fliy 

 fibres. Stems trailing, with (hort leafy branches, 1 nning 

 a fort of tuft, much as in the foregoing, but the leafy part 

 does not appear to take root. Leaves tolerably uniform, 

 from one and halt to two inches long, and hall an inch 

 wide, obtufe, triply ribbed, entire ; very rough on the ribs 

 and margin ; tapering down at tie bale into a broad fringed 



footfall. Flowerjlalks four or five inches long, fitu.ited 



as in the lall fpecies, but ftouter, efpecially towards the 

 flower, win re they are denfely covered with (hort, rigid, 

 clofe-prefled hairs. Flowers entirely yellow, the fize of the 



4 R ' laft. 



