NEOPHYTON. Id 



cemose, bracts subulate glandular longer than 

 pedicels, segments of calix linear very long . 

 equal to corolla — sent me from Alabama, pe- 

 dal, flowers blue middle size, corollas elongate, 

 capsules turbinate. 



I have several other N. sp. and Var. of this 

 pretty Genus ; see my monograph ; my L. ni" 

 vea descr. 1820 will also be there again. 



215. DiPSAcus cuNEiFOLius Raf. stem an- 

 gular aculeate, lower leaves petiolate, cuneate 

 obtuse, crenate, upper leaves sessile cuneate or 

 lanceolate acute entire : head spherical, invo- 

 lucre unequal falcate subulate aculeate, chaff 

 spinose not hooked — In some valleys of the 

 Alleghany mts. and in some glades of Ken- 

 tucky, disc. 1818, pedal, annual, very different 

 from D. syhestris and fidlonutn. 



216. TROPITOMA Raf anomalous or pe- 

 loric Genus, sprung from Desmodiiim leiican- 

 thum ! calix urceolate bilabiate, upper lip bi- 

 dentate, lower tridentate, corolla not papiliona- 

 ceous, petals 5uneq. patent, one superior larger 

 or vexillum round emarginate, 4 inferior smal- 

 ler equal oblong obtuse. Stamens 10 mona- 

 delphous, filaments free above divaricate sub- 

 equal, anthers small round. Ovary stipitate 

 oblong compressed, style lateral subulate, stig- 

 ma simple acute. Pod with 1 or 2 articula- 

 tions obliqual ovate, one seed oblong compres- 

 sed in each. Habit of Desmodiiun. One 

 type, the name means cut keel. 



217. Tropitoma PARADOxARaf. erect, leaves 

 few, folioles 3 on long petiols ovate rounded 

 acute scarcely pubescent, pale beneath, flowers 

 terminal 1 to 3 — Discovered 1821 in the hills 

 of central Kentucky, semipedal, annual, flowers 

 white. Rare. 



