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CoREOPSIS LONGIPES. LONG-STALKED 
CorREopPsIs. 
EREEERERERE EEE ER ER EEE 
Class and Order. 
SyNGENESIA F'RUSTRANEA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composira. ) 
Generic Character. 
(Composite, Senecionidee.) Capitulum multiflorum 
heterogamum, fl. radii circ. 8 neutris ligulatis, disct her- 
maphr. 5-dentatis. Inod. duplex utrumque circ. 8. phyllum 
ima basi subcoadunatum, squamis ext. foliaceis angustio- 
ribus subpatulis, int. latioribus submembranaceis. Recept. 
pasa paleaceum, paleis persistentibus. Stylz rami apice 
hispidi cono superati. Achenia obcompresso-plana, raro 
incurva, margine plus minus alata, apice nunc bidentata, 
nunc biaristata, aristis levibus aut sursum ciliato-serratis, 
(nec retrorsum pilosis)—Herbe Americane, raro suffru- 
tescentes, plerumque glabre. Folia opposita, rarius alterna. 
Pedunculi 1-cephali solitarii aut corymbosi. Capituli dis- 
cus luteus, radius concolor, raro albus. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Corroprsis longipes ; debilis, foliis oppositis radicalibus spa- 
thulatis, caulinis profunde pinnatifidis glabris | basi 
utrinque ciliatis laciniis lineari-lanceolatis integris vel 
iterum pinnatifidis, pedunculis elongatis, floribus uni- 
coloribus, radii corollis apice 5-fidis. 
Among the various species of Coreopsis sent by Mr. 
Drummonp from North America is the present one, found 
in Texas, which appears to me, both in the living and 
dried state, to present characters by which it may be sepa- 
rated from all others that have yet been described. In 
general 
