5(5 4 
angustifoli - 
um. 
sagittatum. 
villosus. 
spinulosus. 
virginica. 
syxgknesia surERFLUA. Buphthalmum. 
On the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. . Aug. Sept. 
v. v. A shrub about five feet high. 
2. B. foliis alternis linearibus superne latioribus integerri- 
mis glabris, calycinis foliolis acute-lanceolatis. — Herb. 
Banks, mss. 
In Georgia and Florida. Bartram. 1/. v.s.inHerb, 
Banks. 
3. B. tomentosum ; foliis radicalibus longissime petiolatis 
oblongis sagittatis integerrimis subtrinervibus, caulinis 
oblongis in petiolum attenuatis, caule subtrifloro, ca- 
lycinis foliolis exterioribus disco longioribus. 
On dry barren hills, in the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. 
June, July, v.s.in Herb. Lewis. Flowers large, 
yellow. The natives eat the young stems as they 
spring up, raw. 
650. AMELLUS. Gen. pi. 131 5. 
1. A. villosissimus 5 foliis sessilibus oblongis acuminatis in- 
tegerrimis, floribus axillaribus brevi-petiolatis, radiis 
integris, paleis setaceis. 
On the Missouri. Ij. . v. s. Rays yellow. 
2. A. canescensj foliis bipinnatifidis inciso-dentatis, laciniis 
linearibus rigido-mucronatis, floribus lateralibus et ter- 
minalibus congestis, radiis bidentatis, paleis setaceis. 
In open prairies on the Missouri. M. Lewis. Ij. . Aug. 
Sept. v. s. in Herb. Lewis . Rays yellow. 
Tota planta rigida, scabra, cano-viridescens. Caulis ra- 
mosissimus. Rami angulosi. Ramuli laterales breves, 
uniflori. Folia alterna, bipinnatifida, rigida, laciniis 
linearibus, spinula terminatis, inferioribus inciso-den- 
tatis. Flores laterales solitarii et terminales congesti, 
subcorymbosi, lutei. Calyx imbricatus : squamis ex- 
terioribus brevioribus, acutis, hirsutis } interioribus li- 
nearibus, scariosis. Corollulce radii lineari-lanceolatae, 
bidentatae. Receptaculum : Paleis brevibus, subuiatis. 
Both species are an intermediate link between Aster and 
Inula. They approach the nearest to Amellus ; but the 
receptacle is not, properly speaking, paleaceous, but 
only setaceous. 
651. VERBESINA. Gen.pl. 1317. 
1. V. caule angusto alato, foliis alternis lato-lanceolatis sub- 
serratis, corymbo composito, calycibus oblongis pu- 
bescentibus. — JVilld. sp. pl. 3. p. 2222. 
