410 SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
volucro exteriore bre- 
viore; flosculis radii 
maximis. 
exterior involucrum 
short; florets of the 
ray very large. 
Encyc. Bot. 7* p< 158. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 471. Nutt. 2. p. 170. 
This plant, which was inserted in the Encyclopedia Methodique by La 
Marck? has not recently been seen in this country. I have inserted it, as it is 
said to belong to Carolina, and at the same time to note that the expanding 
involucrum and large ray by no means apply to the Verbesina Sinuata. 
Whether really a native of the United States remains perhaps yet to be 
ascertained. 
Grows in Carolina. La Marck. Persoon. 
VERBESINA. 
phyllum, foliis duplici 
ordine. Corollulce ra- 
dii circiter 5. Pappus 
2-aristatus. Recepta- 
culum paleaceum. 
1. VlRGINlCA. 
V. caule angusto 
alato; foliis alternis 
lato-lanceolatis sub- 
serratis; corymbo 
composito, invoiucris 
oblongis pubescentibus. 
Gen. Pe. 1317. 
Involucrum many 
leaved, the leaves in a 
double series. Florets 
of the ray about 5. 
Pappus 2-awned. Re- 
ceptacle chaffy. 
Stem narrow wing- 
ed; leaves alternate, 
broad, lanceolate, some- 
what serrate; corymb 
compound, involucrum 
oblong pubescent. 
Sp. pi. 3. 2222. Walt. p. 213. Mich. 2. p. 134. Pursh, 2. p. 564. 
Nutt. 2. p. 170. 
Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, erect, three to six feet high, furrowed 
pubescent, towards the base irregularly winged by the decurrent leaves. 
Leaves alternate, spathulate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, toothed, hairy, and 
scabrous on the upper .surface, almost tomentose underneath. Flowers nu- 
merous in a terminal corymb. Involucrum many leaved, imbricate; leaves 
oblong, pubescent, shorter than the disk. Florets of the ray about three, 
white, oval, two to three toothed; of the disk about fifteen, tubular, nearly 
white, with the border five-cleft. Seeds four-angled, compressed, hairy, 
