CLASS XIX. ORDER II. _SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. _Communis_ squamoso-imbricatus; squamis interioribus apice prominulis. COROLLA. Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ numerosæ in disco; femineæ ligulatæ, decem plures in radio. _Propria_ hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido, patulo. _Femineæ_ ligulata, lanceolata, tridentata. STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa. PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum, patens. Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine hermaphroditi. Stigmata duo, oblonga, revoluta. PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx vix mutatus. SEMINA. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, ovata. Pappus pilosus. Femineis similia hermaphroditis. RECEPTACULUM nudum, planiusculum. EMPALEMENT. _Common_, scales tiled; the inner scales standing a little out at the points. BLOSSOM. Compound, radiate; florets with chives and pointals, many in the center; florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or more in the circumference. _Individuals_ with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped; border with five-clefts, spreading. _Individuals_ with only pointals, ligulate, spear-shaped, with three teeth. CHIVES. Five hair-like threads, very short. Tips forming a hollow cylinder. POINTAL. To those with chives and pointals, seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft, expanding. Seed-bud to those with pointals only, oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong, bent back. SEED-VESSEL none. Cup scarcely changing. SEEDS to the hermaphrodites solitary, oblong, egg-shaped. Feather hairy. Females the same as hermaphrodites. RECEPTACLE naked, almost flat. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Aster caulis fruticosus; foliis dentatis, subtus ferrugineis; floribus terminalibus; pedunculis unifloris, bracteatis. Starwort with a shrubby stem; leaves toothed, iron colour beneath; flowers terminate the branches; fruit-stalks having but one flower, with floral leaves. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Floret of the circumference. 2. The Pointal of the preceding. 3. A Floret of the center, (magnified). 4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified). 5. The Shaft and Summit of the same, (magnified).