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261. Brunella iieterophyla Raf, smooth 

 erect, leaves petiolate subcrenate repand, radi- 

 cal ovate rounded obtuse, on stem ovate or 

 oblong, heads sessile ovate short — on mts. Alle- 

 ghany, akin to the last, but annual estival erect 

 smooth, green not ash color. 



262. Brucella cordata Raf. stem erect 

 simple red, pilose above, petiols ciliate, leaves 

 smooth ovate acute subentire pale beneath, 

 lower cordate serrate, heads oblong sessile with 

 2 oblong leaves, bracts reniform reticulate cili- 

 ate — Alleghany mts. pedal, fine species, calix 

 red, corol purplish blue, estival. 



263. Brunella reticulata Raf. stem erect 

 smooth, leaves petiolate elongate ovatoblong 

 entire, acute at both ends, heads on a hairy pe- 

 duncle, oval short, bracts reticulate acuminate 

 ciliate, calix smooth — in Ohio, Kentucky ^c, 

 fine species, sesquipedal, leaves 3 or 4 inches 

 long, spike short hardly over one inch, calix 

 with lips 3dentate and bifid as usual, but quite 

 smooth. Akin to the last but differs by entire 

 leaves and short heads not sessile. 



264. Brunella rosea Raf. dwarf, stem de- 

 cumbent hairy above, leaves petiolate smooth 

 oblong and lanceolate acute subentire, lower 

 crenate, heads oval subsessile, bracts scariose 

 reticulate cordate ciliate acuminate — in the 

 Turkey mts. of Alleghanies, only 2 to 4 inches 

 high, stem 4gone, angles with a few hairs, 

 leaves uncial, heads uncial or less, flowers es- 

 tival of a fine rose color different from all the 

 others. Very distinct sp. only slightly akin to 

 Br. microphyla in habit, but nothing else, calix 

 ciliate. A variety has shorter heads and more 

 crenate leaves, stem nearly erect. Var, hrevi- 

 flora. 



