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5769. Vernonia (Lepidaploa) Miersiana ; caule herbaceo 
erecto adpresse villoso simplici tereti striato apice in ramos 
angulatos diviso, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis elon- 
gatis acutis integerrimis supra piloso-scabridis subtus 
villoso-tomentosis, capitulis 2-5-floris sessilibus subgeminis 
folio florali multo brevioribus, involucri squamis imbricatis 
exterioribus pungentibus interioribus longioribus acutis, 
achenio villoso, pappi ser. ext. brevi setosa. 
Has. Moist open places in woods on the Organ Mountains, 
at an elevation of about 3500 feet. FJ. March. 
Herba 4-5 pedalis. Folia alterna, 5-6 poll. longa, 8-10 lin. 
lata, Corolla glabra. Pappus albus. | 
517 et 5770. Vernonia (Lepidaploa) decumbens; caule basi 
fruticoso, ramis decumbentibus teretibus striatis villoso- 
tomentosis vel glabriusculis, foliis sessilibus longe lineari- 
bus acutis basi obtusis margine integerrimis revolutis supra 
scabriusculis subpilosis subtus villosis, cymis axillaribus 
terminalibusque bifidis scorpioideis, capitulis sessilibus 20- 
floris confertis, involucri campanulati squamis villosis, ex- 
terioribus in acumen setiforme patulum productis, intimis 
rectis acutis, achenio piloso, pappi seriei externa brevi 
paleacea, 
Has. Open rocky places on the Organ Mountains, at an 
elevation of about 5000 feet. Fl. March. 
Suffrutex decumbens, ramosus. Folia alterna, 21-31 poll. 
longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Corolla glabra, violacea, laciniis tubo 
longioribus. Pappus albus. b £e à 
512, Stevia (Paleaceo-aristate) Organensis; caule herbaceo 
erecto apice ramoso glanduloso-piloso-pubescente, foliis 
9ppositis sessilibus rhomboideo-ovatis obtusiusculis basi 
subcordato-inæqualibus amplexicaulibus infra medium tri- 
plinerviis dentato-serratis utrinque villoso-hirsutis, corym- 
bis axillaribus terminalibusque fastigiatis in paniculam dis- doc 
positis, pappa paleaceo et 4.6-aristato. "S 
Han. Moist rocky open places on the Organ Mountains, at 
an elevation of about 5000 feet. Fi. May. au. 
Herba bipedalis. Folia 34-4 poll. longa, 14 poll. circiter 
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