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few oboval, floscules few tubular, phoranthe 

 naked, seeds oblong smooth crowned by a dou- 

 ble pappus, external short paleaceous scariose, 

 internal bristly longer. Annual ramose, leaves 

 alternate, flowers ternnnal — a [)rctty little 

 Genus near Bellis in habit, quite distinct by 

 few rays and seeds. I find it under the name 

 of Actiearnopiis (in Collins herb) Genus un- 

 known to me and the name cant apply, the 

 seeds and not the fruit being stellate. My 

 name means a doubfe croivn. I have 3 sp. of 

 it. 



317. DiPLosTELMA PI .iiiLA Raf. dwarf erect 

 ramose strigose, branches angular uniflore, 

 leaves sessile entire, lower cuneate or spatulate 

 obtuse, lower linear cuneate acute, sepals of 

 perianthe lanceolate acute rays about 5. — 

 Texas and Arkanzas a small annual plant 2 to 

 4 inches high, with many slender branches and 

 leaves, flowers estival, rays apparently white 

 obtuse subentire, floscules 5 to 8 only, seeds and 

 pappus fulvous. Found by Nuttal in Arkanzas. 



318. DiPLOSTELMA RADIANS Raf. strigosc 

 erect, branches flliform pauciflore, lower leaves 

 petiolate spatulate obtuse entire, upper few li- 

 near acute, sepals lanceolate cuspidate rays 

 obt. 8 — collected by Drummond in Texas, G to 

 8 inches high, flowers smooth, white, rays cun- 

 eate 8 to 10, floscules fewer 4 to 7. 



319. DiPLOsTELMA FiLiFORMis Raf. crcct, 

 branches filiform rough, much divided, branch- 

 lets naked uniflore, leaves entire sessile, lower 

 cuneate obtuse, upper subulate linear short, se- 

 pals lanceolate fringed at the end, rays about 4 

 — collected in Texas by Drummond, sent me by 

 Torrey without name, to 8 inches high, leaves 

 small, reduced to scales above, sepals more 



