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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
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1. Erigeron multiflorus ; glaber, caule herbaceo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi in peti- 
olum longum attenuatis integerrimis, panicula ramosissima compacta, ramis nudis, ramulis 
squamatis, squamis involucri oblongo-lanceolatis, radio involucrum subaequante. 
There is only one specimen in the Collection, and in it the stem is simple below the panicle. 
2. Erigeron paucijlorus ; caule fruticoso I’amoso glabro, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis 
confertis glabris cartilagineo-serridatis lineari-lanceolatis basi attenuatis atque ciliatis, juni- 
oribus subpubescentibus, panicula terminal! corymbosa, ramis 2-4-floris nudis, squamis 
involucri oblongis acutis, radio involucrum subaequante. 
In many respects very closely allied to E. linifolius, W., and stiU more to E. Canadensis. We have it 
also from Mr. Macrae. The stigmas are long, linear, and papillose, almost as in Eupatorium. 
1. Aster subulatus. Mich. — Spreng. Syst. Veyet. v. 3. p. 532. 
1. Verbesina foftata ; fruticosa, foliis ovatis digitato-tri-quinquelobis argute et grosse ser- 
ratis utrinque hispido-scabris canescentibus lobo medio elongato lanceolato. Gaud, in Freyc. 
Voy. p. 464. 
We do not observe in our specimens that the leaves ai’e distinctly digitate, they are merely deeply lobed, 
but otherwise they agree with the above character given by Gaudichaud. They are opposite and very rugose. 
The stem is scabrous. The flowers are on long peduncles. The involucrum is double, the exterior of five 
broadly ovate coriaceous leaves ; the inner smaller, flve-leaved, and membranaceous. The florets of the ray 
are about nine in number, and yellow. The receptacle paleaceous. The achenia of the ray are trigonal, and 
crowned with three awns ; those of the disk compressed, and with two aristae. — Of this there are in the Col- 
lection fragments of a variety, or perhaps a closely allied species, with the leaves not at all lobed, but differing 
in no other particular. 
2. Verbesina hastulata ; suflfruticosa, foliis oppositis breve petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis 3- 
nervibus versus basin utrinque sursum lobulatis grosse serratis supra scabris subtus hispidis. 
We almost incline to suppose that F. connata, (Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. p. 464,) may be the same w ith this, 
being found in the same island, and possessing many points in common : but that author says that in his 
species the leaves are sessile and connate, whereas, in ours, they are shortly but decideflly petiolate. There 
is only one specimen in the Collection. 
3. Verbesina succulenta ; herbacea glabra nitida succulenta, foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatis 
apice obtusis mucronulatis basi in petiolum attenuatis supra medium crenulato-serratis. 
Found among volcanic rocks on the shore of the island of Oneeheow, wdiere it is called Nehe or Nenehe. 
The lower part of the leaf is quite entire. The peduncles are teiminal and solitary, and the leaves of the 
involucre orbicular. The receptacle is convex : the achenia are compressed or trigonal, one of the angles 
l)eing exceedingly sharp, or almost produced into a wing, which is denticulate : they are crowmed by tw'o or 
three short aristae, according to the number of angles. We feel uncertain as to the* genus : the character 
iigrees sufficiently with that of Verbesina, but the habit is more that of Spilanthes or Acmella. 
1. Dubautia laxa ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi attenuatis argute serratis subtus strigoso- 
liispidis, panicula corymbosa laxa nudiuscida. 
If Gaudichaud be correct in his description, om- species cannot be the same as his, which may be chai-ac- 
terised thus : D. plantaginea ; foliis amplexicaulibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis crenatis glabris, panicula 
