564 
angustifoli-- 
um. 
sagittatum. 
villosus. 
spinulosus. 
■vlrgmica. 
sy.\GfeNEsiA supEEFLUA. Bophthaliiium. 
On the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. T 2 . Aug. Sept. 
V. V. A shrub about five feet high. 
2 . B. foliis alternis linearibus superne latioribus integerrh 
mis glabris, caiycinis foiiolis acute-ianceolatis.— FferZ', 
Banks, mss. 
In Georgia and Florida. Bartram. 1 /. v. s. in Herb, 
Banks, 
3. B. tomentosum ; foUis radicalibus longissime petiolatis 
oblongis sagittatis integerrimis subtrinervibus, caulinis 
oblongis in petiolum atteuuatis, caule subtrifloro, ca- 
iycinis foiiolis exterioribus disco longioribus. 
On dry barren hills, in the Rocky-mountains. M, Lewis.^^: 
11. June, July. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers large, Jl| 
yellow. The natives eat the young stems as they 
spring up, raw. 
650. AMELLUS. Gen. pi. 1315. 
1 . A. villoslssimus ; foliis sessilibus oblongis acuminatis in- 
tegerrimis, floribus axillaribus brevi-petiolatis, radiis 
integris, paleis setaceis. 
On the Missouri. 1/ . v, s. Rays yellow. 
2 , A. canescens j foliis bipinnatifidis inciso-dentatis, laciniis 
linearibus rigido-mucronatis, floribus lateralibuset ter- 
minalibus congestis, radiis bidentatis, paleis setaceis. 
In open prairies on the Missouri. M. Lewis. 7/ . Aug. 
Sept. V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Rays yellow. 
Tota planta rigida, scabra, cano-viridescens. Caulis ra- 
moslssimus. Rami angulosi. Ramuli laterales breves, 
uniflori. Folia alterna, bipinnatifida, rigida, laciniis 
linearibus, spinula terminatis, inferioribus inciso-den- 
tatis. Flores laterales solitarii et terminales congest!, 
subcorymbosi, lutei. imbricatus : squamis ex- 
terioribus brevioribus, acutis, hirsutis 3 interioribus li- 
nearibus, scariosis. CorolluLce radii lineari-lanceolatae, 
bidentatae. Receptaculum : Paleis brevibus, subulatis. 
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-» 
Ijescentibus. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p, 2222. 
