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duced : peduncles villous, longer than the heads or shorter : heads 

 loosely disposed, involucres short, about 5 mm. high, campanulate : 

 bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acutish, keeled, con- 



spicuously ciliate, lax at maturity, outer purple, inner purple- 

 tipped : pappus barely barbellulate : achenes 3-3.5 mm. long, 

 finely but rather densely pubescent. 



In sand, Cape Florida, Florida. Spring. 



The above is most closely related to L acinar in graminifolia 

 pilosa, but the characteristic ciliation of the petioles is lacking and 

 the involucres are campanulate and shorter. The bracts of the in- 

 volucres are shorter and narrower at the apex and very character- 

 istic on account of the copious and conspicuous cilia. 



The original specimens were collected by Mr. J. H. Simpson 

 at Cape Florida, Florida, on March 14, 1892. 



^ Lacinaria Regimontis. 



Perennial from small subglobose rootstocks, nearly glabrous. 

 Stems erect, 3-9 dm. tall, usually paniculately branched, some- 

 times spicately racemose : leaves rather few, 1-2 dm. long or longer, 

 reduced above ; blades narrowly linear, narrowed into winged 

 sparingly ciliate petioles below, sessile above, all erect or ascend- 

 ing : involucres numerous, cylindric, becoming obconic, 8-10 

 mm. high, conspicuous on account of the slightly spreading 

 bracts, erect or ascending, short-peduncled or some nearly sessile : 

 bracts oblong-ovate to linear-oblong, acute to mucronate or the 

 inner slightly hooded, the outer sometimes obtuse, all glandular- 

 punctate, ciliolate, mostly with ring-like margins : pappus barbel- 

 lulate : achenes 30-4 mm. long, ribbed, sparingly pubescent. 



On wooded slopes, King's Mountain, North Carolina. Sum- 

 mer and fall. 



The species just described suggests Lacinaria graminifolia 

 pilosa in habit, but it has a very characteristic involucre ; this mem- 

 ber becomes obconic and quite elongated at matui 



ty 



bracts, excepting some at the base of the involucres, are acute or 

 mucronate, densely punctate and conspicuously wing-margined. 



The original specimens were collected by the writer on the 

 slopes of King's Mountain, North Carolina, on August 27 and 30, 

 1894. 



J Lacinaria microcephala. 



Perennial from ovoid or subglobose corms. Stems erect or 

 ascending, rather slender, 3-7 dm. tall, solitary or tufted, striate- 



