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cels about one fourth, of an inch long. Iam 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. 
7290. CrrpHALANTHUS occIDENTALIS, Linn. Council Grove, &c. 
291. Hepyoris (Housronia) rusra. (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. cerulea 
(cf. Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 38). ( Lindheimer and)Wright have also gathered the plant 
in Texas. 
+292. H. (Ampniotis) stenopuytia, Torr. & Gray, Fl.2.p.41. Prairie, between 
McNees Creek and Cold Spring, of the Cimarron; August. 
VALERIANACES. 
293. VALERIANA EDULIS, Nutt. in Torr. § Gray, Fl.0l. 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, &c. Dr. Torrey assures me that the V. ciliata, Torr. §- 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. syzvatica, Richards. Appx. Frankl. Journ. ed. 2. p. 2; Torr. § Gray, Fl. 
2. p. 47. Rocky and shady declivities, along Santa Fé Creek ; April and May, in flow- 
er; June, in fruit. 
COMPOSITS&. 
$295. Vernonia Noveporacensis, Willd., var. Ford of the Arkansas; September. 
296. Pecris (Pecriworsis, DC.) ancustirotia, Torr.! in Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2. p. 62. 
Between Santa Fé 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.t 
* From this onward, the numbers inclosed in parentheses, and usually placed after the habitat, are those 
under which the specimens have been distributed. 
+ The pappus in the Eupectidee 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. : — 
