RUDBECKIA— RUMEX. 
ish ; hi&xes digitate, in tens, fives, and 
threes ; leafets lanceolate, acutely serrate, 
naked on both sides; atem unarmed; 
bracts lanceolate ; pedicels elongated, 1-3- 
fiowered ; calyx 5-7-cleft. 
obova'lis, IM. 21.) stem becoming a little 
woody, hispid with stiff hairs ; leaves ter- 
nate ; leafets round-obovate, sen*ate, naked ; 
stipules setaceous ; racemes sub-corymbed, 
few-flowered ; bracts ovate ; pedicels elon- 
gated. 2-4 f. 
cHveifo'Iius, (w. J. ^ .) branches, petioles, 
and peduncles, pubescent; prickles few, 
recurved ; leaves ternate and quinate, pal- 
mate ; leafets cuneate-obovate, entire at the 
base, sub-plicate, tomentose beneath ; ra- 
cemes loose ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered. 
2-3 f. 
steUa'tiis, (p. IX) herbaceous, small ; stem 
unarmed, erect, 1-flowered ; leaves simple, 
cordate, 3-lobed, rugose-veined ; petals 
lanceolate. 
chamcErno'rus, (cloud-berry, w. J. 11.) 
herbaceous, small ; stem unarmed, l-flow- 
ered, erect ; leaves simple, sub-reniform, 
with rounded lobes ; petals oblong. Cana- 
da. 
peda'tus, {11.) small, herbaceous, creep- 
ing ; leaves pedate-quinate, gashed ; ped- 
uncles filiform, bracled in the middle ; ca- 
lyx nearly glabrous, reflexed. 
RUDBE(:K"IA. 17—3. (CorymhoaoE.) [In honor 
of two botanists of tlie name of Rudbeck, 
who lived in the I7th century.] 
p^irpu'rca, (p. Ju. 1X-) very rough ; lower 
leaves broad ovate, alternate at the base, 
remotely toothed, cauline ones lance-ovate, 
acuminate at each end, nearly entire ; ray- 
florets very long, deflected, bifid. High 
grounds. Stem 3-4 f Ray purple ; disk 
brown ; invohicrum imbricate. 
ful"gida, (y. Oct. Z/.) stem hispid, branch- 
es long, virgatc, and 1-fIowered ; leaves 
lance-oblong, denticulate, hispid ; scale of 
the involucrum as long as the ray ; ray flo- 
rets 12-14, 2-cleft at the summit; stem 2-3 
feet high, branched. 
piiaia'ta, stem furrowed, hispid ; leaves 
all pinnate ; flowers very large, yellow ; 
rays long, reflexed ; disk ovate, purple. 
lacinia'ta, (cone-flower, cone-disk sun- 
flower, y. Au. 2_f.) lower leaves pin- 
nate ; leafets 3 lobed ; upper ones ovate ; 
egret crenate ; stem glabrous. Damp. 6- 
10 f. 
dis"color, (y. and p. Au. 24^.) branches 
corymbed, 1-flowered; peduncles naked, 
elongated ; leaves lanceolate, hairy, stri- 
goRC ; scales of the involucrum ovate, acute ; 
petals lanceolate, entire,, two-colored, as 
long as the involucrum. 2 f. 
trilo'ba, (y. and p. Au. 2X-) stem panicu- 
late, branches divaricate, leafy ; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate at each end, serrate ; 
lower ones 3-lobed ; scales of the involu- 
crum lii.ear. deflexed. 4-5 f. 
Mr ta, (y. and p. Ju. 2Lf.) very hirsute ; 
stem virgate, sparingly branched, 1-flow- 
cred ; leaves alternate, sessile, lower ones 
epatulate-lanceolate, hirsute ; scales of the 
involucrum imbricate in a triple series, I 
^hoijter than the ray; chaft ooovatfj, aoutt 
d.igita'ta, (y. Au. U) stem branching 
glabrous; lower leaves pinnate; leafeti 
pmnatifid ; upper ones simply pinnate , 
highest 3-cleft ; egret crenate. 4-8 f. 
loiviga'ta, (y. 24:.) very glabrous ; leaves 
lance-ovate, acuminate at each end, tripli- 
nerved, sparingly toothed ; scales of the in- 
volucrum lanceolate, as long as the ray. S. 
moVliH, (p. S. 11) stem hispid, villose, 
branching; leaves sessile, lance-ovate, den- 
tate, soft-tomentose ; florets of the ray nu- 
merous, three times as long as the involu- 
i crum. 2-3 f. S. 
rad"ula, ( ^ .) stem hispid below, glabrous 
, above, nearly naked ; peduncles very long, 
j 1-flowered ; leaves ovate, attenuate, tuber. 
I culate-hispid ; involucrum imbricate ; scales 
I ovate, acuminate, ciliate. S. 
j apef'ala, {11.) sc&hronB; stem elongated, 
I 1-flowered, very pilose at the base; rays 
mo.«tly wanting ; leaves radical, sub-sessile, 
very broadly ovate, sub-rotund. Ala. Geo. 
spidnla'ta, (Au. $ .) slender, minutely 
pubescent; stem 1-flowered; leaves obo- 
yate spatulate, entire ; involucrum expand- 
ing, imbricate ; florets of the ray 3-toothed. 
Mountains of Carolina. 
hi' color, (y. b-r. %) pilose, sub-scabrous; 
stem somewhat 1-flowered ; leaves oblong, 
sessile, rarely sub-serrate, obtusish ; lower 
ones sub-ovate, petioled ; segments of the 
involucrum oblong ; scales lanceolate, hii- 
eute ; rays short, bi-colored. 18 i. Ark. 
RUEL"LIA. 13-2. {Pedicular es.) 
sf.re'pem, (b. Ju. 11.) erect, hairy; leaves 
on petioles, opposite, lance-ovate, entire ; 
peduncles 3-4-flowered; segments of the 
calyx linear-lanceolate, acute, hispid, short- 
er than the tube of the corofla ; flowers ax- 
illary ; stem 8-12 i. Shady woods. Penn. 
to Geo. 
cilia' sa, (w. p. J. If.) erect, branching ; 
leaves nearly sessile, ovate-oblong ; mar- 
gins, nerves, and veins, fringed with long 
white hair ; bracts lanceolate, short ; seg 
ments of the calyx linear, hispid, ciliate 
with whitish hairs; corolla sub-equal. S. 
hirsu'ta, (b. Oct.) hirsute, branching , 
leaves oval-lanceolaie, nearly acute, sessile , 
segments of the calyx subulate, hispid, a 
little longer than the tube of tan corolla ; 
style very long. 12-18 i. S. 
RU'MEX. 6—3. {Polygonee.) [Fj om rumex, 
a spear, which the leaves of some of the 
species resemble.] 
cris"pns, (dock, Ju. 2/.) valves of the ca- 
lyx ovate, entire, all bearing grain-like ap 
pondages on their backs; leaves lanceo- 
late, undulate, acute. 2-3 f. 
ascetosel"lus, (field-sorrel, g. p. M. 2/.) 
valves without grains; leaves lance-has- 
tate ; flowers dioecious. 6-12 i. 
acetofsus, (garden sorrel, 2^.) stem elon- 
gated; leaves oblong, clasping, sagittate, 
acute. Ex. 
patien"tia, (garden-dock, patience, 
valves entire, one of them bearing a grain- 
like appezidage; leaves lance-ovate. Nai 
uralized. 
