Plants Lindheimeriana. 219 



invol. squamis ovalibus obtusis abrupte mucronatis ; pappo 

 plumoso achaenio pubescente vix longiore ; caudice globoso. 



Capitula (3-5 flora) et flores magnitudinis illorum L. tenui- 



fiorcE. Texas, Berlandier, Lindheimer ; near Houston, and 

 near the mouth of the Brazos. 



L. acidota : capitulis in spicam strictiusculam saepius elon- 

 gatam digestis ; invol. squamis oblongo-lanceolatis (extimis 

 tantum ovatis) purpurascentibus, sensim acuminato-cuspidatis ; 

 pappo plumoso achaenio puberulo subglabrove longiore ; cau- 

 dice perpendiculari incrassato e cormo globoso. — Capitula 

 (saepius 3-flora) squamae floresque iisdem L. mucronatce duplo 

 majora. Western Louisiana, Hale. Texas, Drumrnond, 

 Lindheimer. 



73. L. acidota, /3 vernalis : caulibus humilibus (spi- 

 tham. — pedal.) multicipitibus ; spicis brevibus laxiusculis ; ca- 

 pitulis saepius 4-5-floris. — Wet, sandy prairies, near Houston. 

 April, May. 



74. L. pycnostachya, Michx. Houston to the Brazos. 

 August. 



75. Eupatorium rotundifolium, Linn. Houston. Aug. 



76. E. incarnatum, Walt. Thickets near Houston. Sep- 

 tember — October. (This delicate species, which is quite rare 

 in herbaria, grows abundantly on the rocky banks of the 

 French Broad River, North Carolina, about ten miles below 

 Asheville.) 



77. Mikania scandens, Willd. Houston, &c. 



78. Aster phyllolepis, Torr. fy Gr. Fl. II. p. 113. 

 Prairies, Houston. June — October. 



79. Erigeron scaposum, DC. Quicksands of the downs 

 of Galveston Island. April, and continuing to flower until 

 October. 



80. Gutierrezia Texana, Torr. . fy Gr. Fl. II. p. 194. 

 Dry, barren soil, Houston. September — October. 



81. Solidago nitida, Torr. &f Gi'. I. c. Prairies on 

 Chocolate Bayou, 50 miles south of Houston. September, 

 October. 



