194 — — 



tenot flMciiIo vix iM'ftvior, superior ilto pmilo loDgJor) ; — 

 A P, hinkii (P- tenella Pnrsh., fid. speciro. ampriMn,), 

 specie P. pilosae proxima, nostra dilFert tiguia glabra (in 

 ilia barbate), panicnUe radlis non setoais (in iHa basi st- 

 t^Sis)^ spicnhs mnjorltnis, pr;^ft^erLim if\tioriljiie , ghimia ca- 

 lycitiis majoribns (in itta nanis^ , ncc non corollarum val- 

 Tiila exieriore AvnU\ (in ilia obtiisa). Colihir ctiam in lior- 

 iis sab P. aeg^pliacae , P, namaquenais alque P. brctsi- 

 liensis nomtuibus, prifna dii?ert ligula barliaia^ ftpicclts pal^ 

 lidrs, corolUrnm valvala ejitprlore obtnsiuacuta aliiscftte oo- 

 tiBi altera recetlil ramis ramvilisqne laevibus (in nostra sea- 

 bris), Hosciills diandrls (in P. Purshii triandri?), fioscuio- 

 nim valrfj)ls JaeTissimi,'^ obUisis ( in. nostra acutis carina 

 acabris^j ultima distal foliis pirinis (ijj nostra vonvohUisjj 

 gltirais caljcinlg siibaefjnalibiis obiiisis (In P, Purskii vaMe 

 iiiaer|rialibas ai^uii^), valvniis coroHinis lenerrimis hyaiinia 

 loflgi'ddine sijbaequalihns obtusis (in nostra vajviiJa exlerior 

 toogior acuta), — Formae diiae, nisi species disiinctae co- 

 in nlur : 



a. pawicnlae radiia pJerbmtine nd basiu nsqne floriferis; 



spiculis majoribna 6 — 8-llorig, 

 ^. paniciilae radiis bapi nudis; apicnlig ramoriOus 4 — 5- 

 fions ( rarjpjs scxOoris). — Formac anlrceilenii vaJdP 

 similis, sf'd cliaraclertbus datis dislaU Nnm species di- 

 stiiicla? — In horlis occurrU e. n. P, chinensia ^ pun- 

 ctatae^ peilucidae et Berterianae, 

 Patrra P. Purshii nobis ignola, Q 

 2553. Ptilomeris asiatica N»U* in Trausacl, Amet, phit. 

 8o*\, n. s^r. 7. p. 382; HymenoJvtf9 calif ornica Hook, ia 

 Bot. mag. tnb. 3828, Torrej et Gray fl, of North Ampr, H, 

 p, 380; Shorf/a calif ornica Honor, (non Grah.). ■ — Plan- 

 twin omnroo, nt riSeiur^ sui gi-ncris, a geuuinis H^meno- 

 jcudis ftpeciebos s^lis distinrta^ — M 



