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Virea autumnalis (L.) S. F. Gray (Leontodon autumn- 

 ale L., Apargia autumnalis Hoffm.) 



Virea autumnalis var. pratensis (Link) comb, no v. 



Apargia pratensis Link, Handb., i : 791 . 1829. Leontodon pra- 

 tensis Reichenb., L. autumnalis var. pratensis Koch. 



Virea hispida (L.) S. F. Gray 



(Leontodon hispidum L., Apargia hispida Hoffm.. H c d - 

 ypnois hispida Huds., Apargia communis Spenn., Leonto- 

 don h a s t i 1 e var. vulgaris Koch ) . 



Virea hispida, var. hastilis (L.) comb. nov. 



Leontodon h a s t i 1 e L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1123. 1763. Apargia hispida 

 W illd., not Hoffm. ; Apargia danubialis Scop., A. caucasia Bieb., 

 A. heterophylla Moench. 



Virea nudicaulis (L.) comb. nov. 



Crepis nudicaulis L. Sp. PI. 805. 175.3 

 Leontodon hirtum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1123. 1763 

 Apargia nudicaulis Britton, 1. c. 310 



Colobium hirtum Roth ; Leontodon nudicaule Banks ; 

 Apargia hirta Scop. ; and Thrinica hirta Roth. 



Several additional species occur throughout southern Europe, 



northern Africa, western Asia and in central and eastern Europe. 



Sambucus racemosus L. 

 A very rare form of the red-berried elder, with white fruit, is 

 described in Torrey & Gray (Fl. N. Am., 2: 13. 1843) ^s having 

 been collected in the Catskill mountains by J. Hogg. This form 

 should be recognized as Sambucus racemosus forma leucocarpa 

 T. & G.) comb. nov. (S . p u b e n s /!^. 1 e u c o c a r p a T. & G., 

 I.e.) 



Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze 



The white-flowered form described by Doctor Britton, as 

 Liatris spicata f. albiflora (Torr. Club Bui., 17: 124. 

 1890) should be designated as Lacinaria spicata forma albiflora 

 (Britton) comb, nov, 



Hypopitys lanuginosa (Miclix.) Nutt. 



var. roses (Torrey) comb. nov. 



M o n o t r o p a lanuginosa var. rosea Torrey, Fl. N. Y. 1 : 457. 1843 

 Hypopitys insignata Bicknell, Torr. Club Bui., 41: 413. 1914 



The characters mentioned by Bicknell which serve to distinguish 



this from H. lanuginosa are too insignificant for a clear 



specific recognition. Although lower and more compact in statue 



