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Telluriana, where they are described, and I add 

 here another new Steiremis. 



843. Steiri::»iis ciliata R. lllecebrum poly- 

 gonoides Mx. Coll. herb, not of others ? Stem 

 prostrate pilose, leaves opposite unequal, petio- 

 late obovate rounded obtuse, base ciliate ; flow- 

 ers in small axillary glomerules, bracts and seg- 

 ments of calix scariose nervose ovate acumi- 

 nate — in Florida and Georgia on Sea Shores, 

 also in Louisiana, stems pedal with long soft 

 hairs, the pair of leaves constantly unequal in 

 size about 1 inch long, glomerules of flowers 

 not longer than petiols whitish or fulvous. This 

 is not tlie Achijranthes repens of Elliot, which 

 is the type of my Steiremis, that has lanceolate 

 leaves ; it is nearer my St. sessiUfolia fl. tellur. 

 552, of Africa and .^pain, but with sessile acute 

 leaves. The leaves appear thickish and when 

 dry have vermiculate spots almost transparent 

 when held to the light. 



844. BLUTAPARON Raf. calix double 

 scariose persistent, external Sparted unequal, 

 internal 5 parted unequal, segments flat not ner- 

 vose. Stamens 5 free, hypogynous. Ovary 

 quite flat round, 2 styles, stigmas obtuse, cap- 

 sule lenticular nionosperm. Leaves opposite 

 not stipulate^ jloicers terminal capitate. — A 

 very peculiar G. of not family Amaranthides 

 with the habit of Gomphrena, but quite diflfer- 

 ent from it, and from lllecebrum to which it had 

 been united by Linneus and others. The name 

 is abridged from Bulutulaparon old latin name. 



845. Blutaparon breviflorum Raf. lllece- 

 brum vermiculatum Mx. and N. Amer, smooth 

 erect, leaves sessile linear cuneate acute thick, 

 heads of flowers globose or depressed, seg- 

 ments of calix oblong or elliptic obtuse, On 



