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LEPTOCLINIUM. {Liatris § Leptoclinium, Nutt.) 



Capitulum pauciflorum. Involucrum fere pentasticho-imbricatum 

 (§), bracteis exterioribus gradatim brevioribus subherbaceis. Recep- 

 taculum parvum, nudum. Corolla fauce infundibuliformi-ampliata e 

 tubo gracili ; lobi angusto-lanceolati necnon achenia Liatridis. Pap- 

 pus e setis tenuioribus copiosis biseriatis barbellato-serrulatis inae- 

 qualibus, exterioribus brevioribus. — Frutex 4-C-pedalis (Floridanus), 

 fastigiato-ramosus ; foliis alternis (infimis oppositis ex Nutt.) obovatis 

 coriaceis fere eveniis pallidis concoloribus (verticalibus) cauli articu- 

 latis; capitulis corymboso-cymosis. 



Leptoclinium fruticosum. — Liatris fruticosa, Nutt. — Coast of 

 S. Florida, Ware, Gather. If tbe lower leaves are indeed opposite, 

 the genus is the more confirmed. 



Liatris Garberi. Pilis multi-articulatis hirsuta ; foliis mox 

 glabris rigidis linearibus, summis lineari-subulatis ; capitulis crebre 

 spicatis G-7-floris (majoribus semipollicaribus) ; involucro campanu- 

 lato 10-pbyllo, bracteis ovatis oblongisque mucrone cuspidato-apicu- 

 latis dorso viridulis creberrime glandulosis hirsutis demum glabratis ; 

 pappo (lin. 3 longo) barbellulato. — Near Tampa, Florida, Dr. A. 

 P. Garber, September, 1877. 



Baccharis PlummeUjE. Herbacea, tomentuloso-pubescens ; cauli- 

 bus 2-3-pedalibus simpliciusculis apice cymoso-polycephalis ; foliis 

 spathulato-linearibus sessilibus (vix pollicaribus) rigidis argute serra- 

 tis subtrinerviis supra glabratis ; capitulis fere hemisphsericis (lin. 

 3-4 altis) ; bracteis involucri herbaceo-membranaceis lanceolatis ob- 

 tusiusculis margine leviter scariosis dorso pubescentibus 3-4-seriatim 

 imbricatis ; corolhe fl. fcem. limbo irregulariter laciniato-partito stylum 

 subrequante tubo 2— 3-plo breviore, laciuiis lineari-subulatis nunc incisis; 

 pappo fccm. rigidulo scabro corollam stylumque paullo excedente. — 

 Along a stream in Glen Loch ravine, in the mountains near Sta. Bar- 

 bara, California, where also grows Palmarella debilis ; discovered by 

 Miss S. A. Plummer, an ardent botanist, whose name it is a pleasure 

 to commemorate. 



Rhododendron (Azalea) Vaseyi. Dumosus ; ramis glabris ; 

 perulis paucis ; foliis membranaceis parce pubescenti-pilosis mox 

 glabratis ovato-oblongis acuminatis basi acutis ; pediedlis gracilibus 

 glandulosis post anthesin recurvatis ; calyce brevissimo truncato ; 

 corolla rosea rotato-campanulata subaequaliter fere 5-partita extus 

 intusque glaberrima, lobis obovatis ; staminibus 5 inasqualibus, longi- 

 oribus styloque corollam paullo excedentibus ; ovario subglanduloso ; 



