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SYNGENES. SUPERFL. i 



557— i 5 6r, 



1557. TRIDAX. Receptacle chaffy: down many- 

 rayed, fimple : ^/y* imbricate, cylindrical:/^/* 

 of the ray 3 -parted. 



frecumbeas* Tridax. 



Vera Cruz. Herb procumbent, hairy: leaves in pairs, acute 

 iharply toothed: flowers peduncled, terminal, whkifh copper- 

 yellow. 



155S. BALBISIA. Receptacle chaffy: down fefTile, 

 feathery: calyx fimple, 8 -leaved: florets of the 

 ray 3-parted. 



elangatc* Balbifia. 



Mexico. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 2214. 



<S/£/;wafcendiug, briftly: Jeantet oppofite, ovate, coarfely toothed 

 in the middle, acute at both ends : peduncles terminal, i-flow* 

 ered : calyx cylindrical, bn^Xy '.fonvers yellow, 



1559. AMELLUS. Receptacle chaffy: down fim- 

 ple: calyx imbricate : florets of the ray undivided, 



Lychnitis. Stern fhrubby : leaves hoary, linear-lanceolate, oppofite j 

 thofe of the (lem alternate. 

 The Cape. Jacq. collect, 5. t. 10./. 1. Breyn. prodr. t. 15./. 2, 



diffufus* Stem fhrubby, much branched: leaves obovate- lanceolate, 

 alternate, downy underneath. 

 Magellan's ftraits. Forfi. comm. Gcctt. 9. p. 39. 



annuusi Stem herbaceous: leaves alternate, linear, hairy ; thofe of 

 the ftem with a fmgle tooth in the middle each fide. 

 Roth, catal. bet. 2. p. 111 Plant hairy: ray blue. 



1560. STARKEA. Receptacle rough- haired : down 

 feffile, fimple: calyx imbricate. 



Starkea. 



.Amellus umbellatus. Sp. pi. 1276. Avian, acad. 5.^. 407. 

 Jamaica. Brcwn. Jam. 320. /. ^%.f. 2. Solidago. 

 Stem herbaceous, erect, fimple, hairy : leaves fomewhat decur* 

 rent, ferrate, neived^cw^j umhelled, yellow. 



156 1. COLUMELLA. Receptacle naked, cel- 

 lular: feeds crowned with a toothed margin: calyx. 

 cvlindrical, imbricate: florets of the ray undivided. 



biennis. Colummella. 



. The Cape. Jacq. hort . Schanb. 3. p. 28. /: 301. 

 Stem pubefcent, corymbed: leaves linear, feffile, obtufe, hairy; 

 ,fle<u.ers lateral, fefiile, folitary^difk and ray yellow. 



umhellata. 



