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eels about one fourth, of an inch long. I am not sure that the root is annual. The 

 character of G. Mexicanum, H. B. K., agrees pretty well with this plant, except that the 

 leaves of that species are in eights. 



f290. Cephalanthus occidentals, Linn. Council Grove, &c. 

 / 291. Hedyotis (Houstonia) rubra. (Houstonia rubra, Cav. Ic. 5. t. 474; Benth.! 

 PL Hartw. p. 15.) Foot of dry, gravelly hills, seven miles southwest of Santa Fe ; May. 

 Flower bluish-red. — This plant is dicecio-dimorphous in the same manner as H. caerulea 

 (cf. Torr. 8f Gray, Fl. 2. p. 38). Lindheimer and Wright have also gathered the plant 

 in Texas. 



f292. H. (Amphiotis) stenophylla, Torr. S,- Gray, Fl.2. p. 41. Prairie, between 

 McNees Creek and Cold Spring, of the Cimarron ; August. 



VALERIANACEJ. 



' 293. Valeriana edulis, Nutt. in Torr. 8f Gray, Fl. 1. p. 48. Elevated, rocky- 

 region from Las Vegas to the Mora River ; Aug. — The root of this plant furnishes the 

 principal article of food of the " Root-diggers " of the country around the Great Salt 

 Lake, ccc. Dr. Torrey assures me that the V. ciliata, Ton: &• Gray, of Canada and the 

 Western States, is the same species ; and these specimens, which show the ciliate leaves, 

 confirm that view. The plant is subdicecious, as was long since remarked by Mr. Sul- 

 livant. 



294. V. sylvatica, Richards. Appx. Frank!. Journ. ed. 2. p. 2 ; Torr. &■ Gray, Fl. 

 2. p. 47. Rocky and shady declivities, along Santa Fe Creek ; April and May, in flow- 

 er ; June, in fruit. 



COMPOSITE. 



f295. Vernonia Noveboracensis, Willd., var. Ford of the Arkansas ; September. 



296. Pectis (Pectidopsis, DC.) angustifolia, Torr. ! in Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2. p. 62. 



Between Santa Fe and Pecos ; Aug. (535.*) — Fine specimens of this rare plant were 



gathered on the Upper Arkansas by Fremont, in his second expedition, and by Lieut. 



Abert It has a true pappus coroniformis.f 



* From this onward, the numbers inclosed in parentheses, and usually placed after the habitat, are those 

 under which the specimens have been distributed. 



t The pappus in the Eupectidea presents such numerous variations and gradations, that it will be necessa- 

 ry either to introduce several additional genera, undistinguishable in habit, or to extend the character of Pectis, 

 and restore to it Pectidopsis, Pectidium, and perhaps Lorentea also. Considering the latter to be the proper 

 mode, I have two additional subgenera to propose, with some new species, viz. : — 



