JOO 
The V E G E T a B L E S Y S T E M. 
white and woolly. The Flowers are very beautiful ; they refemble 
ibme of our fineit Afters. The ‘difk is yellow j and the Rays are of 
a violet blue. j -v v 
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6. W H I TE S TVO N E W O R T. 
Plate 26. Fig. 6. 
Character of the Species?' _ Verbefina alba. 
The Stalk is robufl: and ere^l ; the Leaves are lanced and 
Ferrated, and {placed in pairs. 
Fig. 2. < 7 ^ 7 . 
This is a Biennial ; native of Virginia, and fiowe'rs in Auguft. 
The Leaves are of a good green, and the Stalk is often ftained with 
crimfon ; but the Flowers are fmall and white. 
There arc other Stoneweeds which have no Rays, and will 
have their place in the next Clafs : Vol. II. part 2. The famous 
Acmella, from whofe virtues againft the Stone, the Genus received 
its name, is one of the naked kinds : 
GENUS III. 
SKY-FLOWER. 
C OE L E S T I N a'. 
Chara£ter of the Genus. 
a 
The Clip fpreads itfelf at top ; and is compofcd of two 
rows of divergent fcales: thefe are Innced, but terminate 
in an avvly point; and are diflinguilhed by a flrong 
green thick rib in their center. 
" - See Plate 26 Fig. 0 5 ^ f. 
Of this Genus there is hut one ^nown Species : I have named it 
from the cceleftlal blue of its Flower, which exceeds that of any 
other. • 
I. OVAL- 
