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RupBECKIA SPECIOSA Wenderoth, var. Sullivanti (Boynton & 
Beadle), n. comb. А. Sullivanti Boynton & Beadle, Biltmore Bot. 
Stud. i. 15 (1901). 
Coreopsis MAJOR Walt., var. stellata (Nutt.), n. comb. С. stellata 
Nutt. Journ. Acad. Philad. vii. 76 (1834). С. senijolia, var. stellata 
T. & G. Fl. ii. 342 (1842). C. major, var. Oemleri Britton, Mem. 
Torr. Bot. Club, iv. 131 (1894). С. Oemleri Ell. Sk. ii. 435 (1823). 
The name stellata must be taken up in place of Oemler? as the varietal 
designation since it has priority in the category in which it is here 
used. 
ACTINEA herbacea (Greene), n. comb. Actinella scaposa, var. 
glabra Gray, Man. ed. 5, 263 (1867). Tetraneuris herbacea Greene, 
Pittonia, iii. 268 (1898). 
NOTES ON THE GENUS SENECIO. 
J. M. GREENMAN. 
Durina the season of 1904 Messrs. J. Е. Collins, M. L. Fernald 
and А. S. Pease collected in the Province of Quebec several Senecios 
which were referred to the writer for identification. Опе of these 
appeared to be intermediate in general aspect between Senecio aureus 
L. and S. Balsamitae Muhl., and upon a detailed study it was char- 
acterized as a probable hybrid between these species; publication was 
suspended, however, in the hope that further collections from different 
localities would produce additional material giving cumulative evi- 
dence of hybridity. 
In June of last year the writer, while botanizing near Lake Michigan 
in the vicinity of Beach, Lake County, Illinois, found a large colony 
of Senecio Balsamitae growing in sandy soil, and near by in moist 
situations Senecio aureus L. was also relatively abundant. Associated 
with these two species in low wet meadows in limited number was 
noticed a peculiar Senecio intermediate in size and foliar characters 
between the two species mentioned. ‘This form has since been ex- 
amined more in detail, and the intermediate characters were found 
to extend to the different parts of the head. Moreover, upon com- 
