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234. PERITRIS (around triple) Raf. A- 

 nother Genus akin to Arnica distinct by habit 

 and triple perianthe — Perianthe in triple se- 

 ries, outer shorter with few lax folioles, the 2 

 inner equal and adpressed. Phoranthe flat 

 naked. Rays few tridentate. Seeds oblong 

 compressed pubescent, pappus simple. Habit 

 of Jacobea, caulescent corymbose. — Perian- 

 the nearly like Aliscta with the addition of a 

 calicule, but chafts lacking and habit unlike. 



235. Peritris ovatifolia R. puberulent, 

 stem erect subangular lower leaves petiolate 

 ovate serrate acute, petiols winged, upper leaves 

 sessile ovate lanceol. serrulate or entire ; co- 

 rymb ramose racemose, peduncles erect, bracts 

 subulate, folioles of perianthe lanceolate — Flo- 

 rida and Alabama, pedal, perennial, fl. yellow, 

 perianthe smooth, calicule or outer pubescent. 



236. Arnica brevicaulis Raf. smooth, sea- 

 pose, leaves obovate and cuneate, obtuse, un- 

 equally crenate and laciniate, scape shorter 

 than leaves and with flowers umbellate, bracts 

 lanceol. wooly in the axiles. peduncles unequal, 

 some very long, striate uniflore with 1 or 2 su- 

 bulate bracteoles, perianthe lanceolate, wooly 

 at the base. — Sent me from Alabama, stem 

 only 4 inches, leaves 6, flowers large yellow, 

 few rays, pappus white, seeds oblong angular 

 smooth. This appears a real Arnica near A. 

 nndicaulis, the perianthe being simple. 



237. Bellis parviflora Raf. stem branched 

 diffuse, leaves sessile oblong acute entire sca- 

 brose, peduncles terminal long naked, rays^ 

 linear — In Kentucky on rocks, rare, annual, 

 semipedal, leaves small, flowers white estival 

 very small half size of B. integrifolia. 



238. Bellis kutajis Raf. stem simple uni- 



