504 
angustifoli- 
um. 
sagittatum. 
villosus. 
spinulosus. 
virginica. 
SYNGENEsiA SUPERFLUA. Buphthalmum. 
On the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. T2 . Aug. Sept. 
V. V. A shrub about five feet high. 
2. B. foliis alternis linearibus superne latioribus integerri- 
mis glabris, calycinis foliolis acute-lanceolatis. — Hcrh. 
Banks, mss. 
In Georgia and Florida. Bartram. IJ., v.s.inHerL, 
Banks. 
3. B. tomentositm ; foliis radicalibus lorjgissime petiolatis 
oblongis sagittatis integerrimis subtrinervibus, caulinis 
oblongis in petiolum attenuatis, caule subtrifioro, ca- 
lycinis foliolis exterioribus disco longioribus. 
On dry barren hills, in the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. 
11. 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. 13\ 5. 
1. A. villosissimus; foliis sessilibus oblongis acuminatis in- 
tegerrimis, fioribus axillaribus brevi-petiolatis, radiis 
integris, paleis setaceis. 
On the Missouri. %, v. s. Rays yellow. 
2. A. canescens; 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. 1/ . Aug. 
Sept. V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Rays yellow. 
Tofa planta rigida, scabra, cano-viridescens. Caulis r 3 .- 
mosissiraus. 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, 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. pi. 1317. 
1. V. caule angusto alato, foliis alternis lato-lanceolatis sub- 
serratis, corymbo composito, calycibus oblongis pu- 
bescentibus.— sp. pl. 3. p. 2222. 
