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I'K^iKI'K <>l' .IVLISC.O. Cncdiid ronlijolid. II. 15- K- 

 L>ml)cr of the Composite, or daisy family, bearing velvety tvibers; closely allied txj the Prvflll 

 Xochimikensis of Hernandez. The tubers, ealled peyotl ("cocoons"), have medicinal prop- 

 erties, but thev are not narcotic. Photograph of specimen in the U. S. National 1 k-r larium 

 collected near Guadalajara in 1907 bv W. E. Safford. Photograph natural size. (I'lg. 4.) 



