BLAKE—REVISION OF ACANTHOSPERMUM. 3891 
Georaia: Along railroad near Rocky Face, Whitfield County, 1900, Harper 290 
(N). Stone Mountain, 1893, Small (N); in 1897, Eggert (N); in 1900, Pollard 
& Maxon 471 (N). Abundant in sandy soil along railway, Godwinsville, 
1901, Dewey 545 (N). 
Frorwa: Jacksonville, Curtiss 1491, 4476, 5515 (N); in 1899, Pieters 22 (N). 
Gainesville, 1876, Garber (N). Along railroad, Eustis, 1894, Nash 724 (N). 
Clarcona, Orange County, 1899, Meislahn 128 (N). Dunedin, 1900, Tracy 
6918 (N). Cedar Keys, 1874, Palmer 273 (N). Common along Chattahoo- 
chee River, 1897, Bush 18 (N). Apalachicola, 1890, Biltmore Herbarium 
107a (N). 
AuaBama: Tuscaloosa, Mohr (N). Waste places in sandy soil, Ozark, 1880, 
Mohr (N). Grandbay, Mobile County, 1879, Mohr (N). 
TENNESSEE: Along railroad, Tellico Junction, 1894, Bain (N). 
MississirrPi: Scranton, 1898, Tracy 4837 (N). 
Louistana: Port Eads, 1900, Tracy & Lloyd 517 (N). 
OreGon: Ballast, Linton, 1916, J. C. Nelson 975 (G). 
MarTINIQUE: Sieber 204 (G; distributed as Stegesbeckia flosculosa); in 1868, 
Hahn 409 (B; distributed as Siegesbeckia flosculosa). 
Sr. Vincent: Alex. Anderson (B). 
GRENADA: Thomson (B). 
CotomsBia: Villarica, altitude 450 meters, Triana 1333 (B). Upata, Otto 
1018 (G). 
VENEZUELA: Caracas, Moritz 206, 691 (B). Road from Caracas to La Guayra, 
altitude 1,100 to 1,700 meters, 1913, Pittier 5874 (N). Cerro del Gelipin, 
altitude 1,370 meters, 1891, Eggers 13233 (N). 
British GuIANA: 1838-39, Schomburgk 663 (B, N); in 1841, Schomburgk ‘195 
(144) (B, N). 
Frenen Guiana: Karouany, 1857, Sagot 349 (B). Without definite locality, 
Potteau (B). 
Bourvia: Yungas, 1890, Bang 324 (N). Cochabamba, 1891, Bang 884 (N). 
Maipiri, altitude 1,525 meters, 1886, Rusby 1348 (N). Coroico, 1866, Pearce 
(B). 
Brazit: Near Para, 1850-51, Spruce (B). District of the Rio Plata, Province 
of Pernambuco, 1839, Gardner 2902 (B), 2903 (K). Province of Bahia, Salz- 
mann 38 (K); Sello 583 (K); in 1817, Lockhart (B); in 1842, Glocker 33 bis 
(B). Chapada, Province of Goyaz, 1840, Gardner 3297 (B). Santa Cruz, 
Province of Matto Grosso, 1891-92, S. L. Moore 761 (B). Province of Rio 
de Janeiro, Gaudichaud (K); MacGillivray 317 (K); Glaziou 13999 (K); Miers 
3019 (K); Gardner 57 (K); Wilkes Expedition (N). Porto Alegre, Province 
of Rio Grande do Sul, 1892, Malme 276 (B). 
Paracuay: On termite hills of yellow loam, between Rfo Apa and Rfo Aquida- 
ban, Villa Sana, 1908-09, Fiebrig 5204 (B). Cerro de Tobati, Fiebrig 744 (K). 
Cordillera Central, 1897, Hassler 3882 (B); in 1900, Hassler 7045 (B). South 
Paraguay, 1892, Kuntze (N). 
Urvuevuay: Concepciin, 1877, Lorentz 951 (B). 
Hawauan Istanps: Diamond Head, Oahu, 1895, Heller 2030 (B, N). 
Inpra: Singapore, 1861, T. Anderson 52 (B). Ang Mo Ko, Singapore, 1891, 
Ridley 2740 (B). 
This species, which is commonly known as “Paraguay bur” or “sheep bur,’’ has 
spread throughout most of the Southern States, especially along railroads, and occurs 
sporadically on waste heaps and ballast as far north as Massachusetts and Oregon. 
An account of the plant by J. P. Berckmans, which appeared in the Bulletin of the 
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