
          [Pabbns?] biserialis; [added: [serie?]] ent. [coronaformi?] &c [etc.] squensis
 5-8 membremrcois beirs; into. & setis
 peuris (5-24), scabris.
 1. V. Virginica: glauca, folis [crossed out: illegible] [added: Inimariis so:
 fundatis integus religuis dysertio glabus,
 scabo cunfloro glabro demum folis Congiore,
 calyx glabro. Nutt. Willd. Lt.
 Pl.f.1618. Purch. Fl. Am. v. 2. fr. 504. Bri
 gel[crossed out: illegible] Fl. Bost. ed. 2 [?] 289. Hyosens.
 virginica. Lui[?] Lh. Pl. [?]. 1138. Mich.
 Am. v. 2. [?] 88.
 Hale. Canada. Misheun. Push.


 Trib. II. Cynarea. Lessing. [star-shaped symbol]
 Subtrib. I. Centaurea. Less.
 14. Centaurea Linn.
 Involucrum inibricatum. Bacel Aerulum 
 setosum. Pappus simplex ant nullus Con. [added: radiisen?] floris
 nentis, si adest, 5-partita.


 1. C. nigra; involucii squauns ovates pertinato,
 funbicatis patulis, folus radicalilus angulosto
 Cypostis, caulins oblongis, radio nullo.
 Linn. Lh. Pt. [?]. [added: 1288] Engl. Bil. [?] 278.
 Newfoundland. Miss Brenton. Introduced.


 Whilst this portion of the Compositae is in [?ness]
 I have the great satisfaction of receiving the
 valuable "Synopsis Generum Compositaruno ensuing [?] 
 Dispositionis novd tentamen &c." of C.
 J. Lessing; I have no hesitation in [added: as far as possible] adopting the
 arrangement of so able an observer & one who has [crossed out: illegible]
 [crossed out: illegible] studied this difficult Tuber of plants [crossed out: illegible]
 with the greatest ardour & under very favourable circumstances.
 I have only to regret that I could [added: not] [lessen?]
 the advantage such a work is capable of affording for
 the whole of the order.
        