VERBESINA. 



fpeciefi, having no briftljr crown to the faJ, belongs rather, 

 as Dr. Swartz obferves, to Anthemh ; but the habit is fome- 

 what adverfe. The Jlems, a fpan long, fpread every way 

 on the ground, and are leafy, more or lefs branched. 

 Leaves much divided and toothed ; glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers fmaU, yellow, with numerous TzS\3.ntJlorets. Seed 

 bordered. 



6. V. Bofivallea. Fennel-leaved Verbefina. Linn. Suppl. 



579. Willd. n. 6 Leaves alternate, three-cleft, with many 



capillary fegments. Stems proftrate. Seeds hairy, with 



two briftles. Female floret folitary Native of the Eaft 



Indies. Ufed by the natives in fomentations. An annual, 

 herbaceous, decumbent plant, having the tafte and fmell of 

 fennel ; the divifions of the leaves alfo refembling that herb, 

 only fhorter and fewer. Flowers moftly folitary, axillary 

 or terminal, ilalked. Calyx-fcales few, broad, elliptical, 

 with a membranous edge. Florets five or fix only ; of 

 which one is ligulate and female ; the reft four-cleft. Seeds 

 comprefled, black, clothed with ftiaggy golden hairs, and 

 crowned with two black briftles. Linnsus, or rather Koe- 

 nig, who fent him this plant, appears to have had an inten- 

 tion of making it a new genus, by the name of Bofiuallea, 

 which miglit have been done without violence to nature. 

 We are not informed of the origin of the name. 



7- V. gigantea. Great Pale Verbefina. Jacq. Coll. 

 V. I. 53. Ic. Rar. t. 175. Willd. n. 7. Ait. n. 3. Swartz 

 Ind. Occ. 1368. ( Bidens frutefcens, fphondylii folio et facie ; 

 Plun% Ic. 41. t. 51.) — Leaves alternate, pinnatifid, finuated, 

 toothed. Stem fhrubby. — Native of mountainous thickets, 

 in Jamaica and other parts of the Weft Indies, flowering in 

 December and January. Though often feen in our more 

 curious ftove colleftions, it very rarely flowers. The Jlem 

 is ten or twelve feet high. Leaves deeply pinnatifid ; downy 

 beneath ; the lower ones twelve to eighteen inches long. 

 Flowers fmall, white, or flefti-coloured, numerous, in large, 

 corymbofe, terminal panicles. Seeds, according to Jacquin, 

 crowned with a folitary briftle. 



8. V. Coreopfis. Alternate-leaved Winged Verbefina. 

 Michaux Boreal.-Amer. v. 2. 134. Pur(h n. 3. (Coreop- 

 fis alternifolia ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1283. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 

 2257. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 2. 50. t. no. Chryfanthe- 

 mum virginianum, caule alato, ramofius, floreminore ; Pluk. 

 Phyt. t. 159. f. 3. C. caule ajato, virginianum, &c.; Mo- 

 rif. feft. 6. t. 7. f. 75, 76.) — Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 ferrated, ftalked. Stem winged. Panicle corymbofe, 

 leafy. — On the mountains of Virginia and Carohna ; peren- 

 nial, flowering from July to September. From three to 

 feven feet high, the Jlem furnithed with feveral narrow, 

 green, entire, leafy wings. Leaves four or five inches long, 

 rougheft on the upper fide ; the lower ones oppoCte, 

 or three or four in a whorl ; but the greater part are 

 alternate. Flowers feveral, in a downy-ftalked Ijranched 

 panicle. Calyx widely fpreading, almoft flat, fo that the 

 diflv becomes nearly globofe, fubtended by four or five 

 orange-coloured, fpreading, hgulate Jlorets, near an inch 

 long. Seed crowned with two (hort briftles. This fpecies 

 is naturally very nearly allied to V. Siegejbeckia, hereafter de- 

 fcribed, fee n. 11, nor can they be generically feparated. 



Michaux and Purth mention a white-flowered variety, 

 always deftitute of rays, found by the latter on the coaft of 

 Carolina, which is ylihana/!a paniculata, Walt. Carol. 201. 

 This Mr. Purth ftrongly fufpefts to be a very diftinft 

 fpecies. 



9. V. helianthoides. Sun-flower Verbefina. Michaux 

 Boreal.-Amer. v. 2. 1 35. Purfti n. 4.—" Leaves alternate, 

 broadly lanceolate, acute, flightly toothed ; rough above ; 

 ^omiy and hoary beneath. Stalks fingle-flowered, aggre- 



gate." — In the weftern parts of the Allegany motintains,, 

 and in the Tennaflee and lUinois countries ; perennial, 

 flowering in Auguft and September. Flowers like a He- 

 lianthus. Michaux, Purjh. 

 Seft. 2. Leaves oppofite. 



10. Y . pimiatifUa. Pinnatifid Yellow Verbefina. Cavan, 

 Ic. v. I. 67. t. 100. Willd. n. 8. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 

 v. 3. 30. t. 305. — Leaves oppofite, pinnatifid, ferrated. 

 Stem winged. — Native of Mexico, flovi-ering in tlie Eu- 

 ropean ftoves in December and January, but not yet known- 

 in the Englifli coUeftions. The Jlems are feveral, rather 

 flirubby, with four, flightly wavy, membranous wings. 

 Leaves about a foot long, tapering at the bafe. Infioref- 

 cence like Z-"". gigantea, but the powers are more numerous, 

 yellow, with feveral confpicuous rays. Seed crowned with 

 two briftles. 



11. V. Siegejbeckia. Half-rayed Verbefina. Michaux 

 Boreal.-Amer. V. 2. 134. Willd. n. 91 Ait. n. 4. Purfli 

 n. 2. ( Siegeftieckia occidcntaUs ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1269. 

 Phaethufa americana ; Gxrtn. v. z^. 425. t. 1-69. Purfli 

 561. Chryfanthemum americanum, caule alato, ampliori- 

 bus foliis binatis, floribus e pallide lutefcentibus parvis ; 

 Pluk. Mant. 46. t. 342. ) — Leaves oppofite, ovato-lanceo- 

 late, ferrated, ftalked ; tapering at each end. Stem winged. 

 — In fliady woods, from Virginia to Carolina ; perennial, 

 flowering from July to September. A tall herbaceous plant, 

 with four, or more, narrow, uninterrupted wings, running 

 along the ftem and branches. Leaves fix inches long, undi- 

 vided, bright green ; roughifli above ; downy beneath ; the 

 upper ones fometimes three in a whorl. Panicle terminal, 

 forked, downy, leafy. Radiant Jlorets from one to three, 

 near an inch long, hgulate, bright yellow. We have 

 already (fee Phaethusa) given reafons for the above fyno- 

 nyms. Purfli rightly fufpedled thefe tvio plants to be the 

 fame, but retained Phaethufa out of deference to Michaux, 

 who neverthelefs has omitted it in his Flora. 



12. V. fcrfata. Serrated Downy Verbefina. Cavan. 

 Ic. v. 3. 7. t. 214. Willd. n. 10. Ait. n. 5. — Leaves 

 oppofite, ftalked, ovato-lanceolate, with tooth-like ferra- 

 tures ; downy beneath. Flowers corymbofe. — Native of 

 Mexico. We have a garden fpecimen from the original 

 author. Mr. Lambert received feeds from him in 1803. 

 The root is perennial. Stems three feet high, ereft, round, 

 clothed with white cottony down, efpeeially when young. 

 Footjlalks fliort, combined by a dilated downy bafe. Leaves 

 three inches long, ftrongly and unequally ferrated ; green, 

 but rather filky, above ; more hoary, and denfely downy, 

 beneath, copioufly reticulated with veins. Flowers yellow, 

 numerous, in a downy corymbofe panicle. Outer calyx- 

 leaves obovate, recurved. Rays four or five, broad, toothed. 

 Seeds bordered, crowned with two fliort briftles. 



13. V. ceanothifoUa. Five-ribbed Verbefina. Willd'. 

 n. II. — Leaves oppofite, ovate, ferrated, with five com- 

 bined ribs ; their under fide downy. Flower-ftalks race- 

 mofe, panicled, axillary. — Native of the neighbourhood of 

 Acapulco, in Mexico. The ^f;« is round, ereft. Leaves 

 on fliort ftalks, oblong-ovate, bluntly ferrated, veiny, 

 clothed on both fides with fliort fcattered hairs ; rough be- 

 neath. Flowerjlalls long, from the bofoms of all the upper 

 leaves. Akin to the following. IVilhlenow. 



14. V. hijlora. Twin-flowered Verbefina. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 1272. Willd. n. 12. (" Valliamanga-nari ; Rheede 

 Hort. Malab. v. 10. 79. t. 40." Willd.) — Leaves oppofite, 

 ftalked, ovate, ferrated, with three combined ribs ; their 

 under fide paler, fcarcely downy. Flowers fohtary or in 

 pairs, on axillary and terminal ftalks. — Native of the Eaft; 

 Indies. The Jlem appears to be herb«eous, or flightly 



ftnubby, 



