Composite.] 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



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1. Erigeron multiflorus ; glaber, caule herbaceo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi in peti- 

 olum longum attenuatis integerrimis, panicula ramosissima compacta, ramis nudis, ramulis 

 squamatis, squamis involucri oblongo-lanceolatis, radio involucrum subsequante. 



There is only one specimen in the Collection, and in it the stem is simple below the panicle. 



2. Erigeron pauciflorus ; caule fruticoso ramoso glabro, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis 

 confertis glabris cartilagineo-serrulatis lineari-lanceolatis basi attenuatis atque ciliatis, juni- 

 oribus subpubescentibus, panicula terminali corymbosa, ramis 2^-floris nudis, squamis 

 involucri oblongis acutis, radio involucrum subaequante. 



In many respects very closely allied to E. linifolius, W., and still more to E. Canadensis. We have it 

 also from Mr. Macrae. The stigmas are long, linear, and papillose, almost as in Eupatorium. 



I. Aster subulatus. Mich. — Spreng. Syst. Veyet. v. 3. p. 532. 



1 . Verbesina lobata ; fruticosa, foliis ovatis digitato-tri-quinquelobis argute et grosse ser- 

 ratis utrinque bispido-scabris canescentibus lobo medio elongato lanceolate Gaud, in Freyc. 

 Voy. p. 464. 



We do not observe in our specimens that the leaves are distinctly digitate, they are merely deeply lobed, 

 but otherwise they agree with the above character given by Gaudichaud. They are opposite and very rugose. 

 The stem is scabrous. The flowers are on long peduncles. The involucrum is double, the exterior of five 

 broadly ovate coriaceous leaves ; the inner smaller, five-leaved, and membranaceous. The florets of the ray 

 are about nine in number, and yellow. The receptacle paleaceous. The achenia of the ray are trigonal, and 

 crowned with three awns; those of the disk compressed, and with two aristae. — Of this there arc in the Col- 

 lection fragments of a variety, or perhaps a closely allied species, with the leaves not at all lobed, but differing 

 in no other particular. 



2. Verbesina hastulata ; suffruticosa, foliis oppositis breve petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis 3- 

 nervibus versus basin utrinque sursum lobulatis grosse serratis supra scabris subtus hispidis. 



We almost incline to suppose that V. connata, (Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. p. 4G4,) maybe the same with this, 

 being found in the same island, and possessing many points in common : but that author says that in his 

 species the leaves are sessile and connate, whereas, in ours, they are shortly but decidedly petiolate. There 

 is only one specimen in the Collection. 



3. Verbesina succulenta ; herbacea glabra nitida succulenta, foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatis 

 apice obtusis mucronulatis basi in petiolum attenuatis supra medium crenulato-serratis. 



Found among volcanic rocks on the shore of the island of Oneeheow, where it is called Nehe or Nenehe. 

 The lower part of the leaf is quite entire. The peduncles are terminal and solitary, and the leaves of the 

 involucre orbicular. The receptacle is convex : the achenia are compressed or trigonal, one of the angles 

 being exceedingly sharp, or almost produced into a wing, which is denticulate : they are crowned by two or 

 three short arista?, according to the number of angles. We feel uncertain as to the genus : the character 

 agrees sufficiently with that of Verbesina, but the habit is more that of Spilanihes or Acmella. 



1. Dubautia lam ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi attenuatis argute serratis subtus strigoso- 

 hispidis, panicula corymbosa laxa nudiuscula. 



If Gaudichaud be correct in his description, our species cannot be the same as his, which may be charac- 

 terised thus: D. plantaginea ; foliis amplexicaulibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis crenatis glabris, panicula 



