

NEW PLANTS FROM MISSOURI 



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horizontal or oblique much longer beak. 



3, arifol 



Nutt., the entirely different leaves and extremely 



8 



Sheldon, it is distinguished not only by the last named 

 character, but by the 



8 



provided with phyllodia, which our plant does not possess. 

 In addition to the above characters, the achene of our plant 

 is winged on one margin only, and the beak is at the edge 

 of the top of the achene on the unmargined side, while 

 8. arifolia has achenes strongly margined on both s ;j ~ 

 and the beak in the center of the top of the achene. 



8. 



differs in its much longer basal leaf 



lobes its snniller bracts, and different-shaped achenes. 



longiloba Engeim. 



8. arifoli 



specimens 



C 



achene 



o-iven above are very constant. 



C3 _w*. 



8pecimens examined. 



The only specimens seen are those 



B 



F.B 



I 



Heuciiera puberula Mack. & Bush,sp. nova. 



Foliage merely puberulent. Rootstocks slender, short ; 

 stems delicate and slender, 2 to 3 dm. tall, or less, pub- 

 escent merely, leafless, but bearing a few slender, ininut.e, 

 entire bractlets ; leaf -blades reniform-cordate, from 4 to 12 

 cm. wide, and from 2.5 to 7.5 cm. long, puberulent on 

 both sides and short-pubescent on the veins beneath, thin, 

 green above, usually strongly reddened beneath, the basal 



ather shallow, more deeply lobed and the teeth sharper 



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sinus r 



Heuciiera parvijl 



Ion-, pubentlent merely; panicle 3 to 20 cm. long, rather 

 onesided, the axis and main branches glabrate or puberu- 

 lent, the pedicels and especially the hypanthiums short- 

 pubescent; hypanthium campanulate, fully 2 



mm 



loner 



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