68 : PLANTEH FENDLERIAN. 
the persistent vestiges of former leaves. The foliage, like the stems, is uniformly whitened 
with a thick and closely appressed silky-hirsute pubescence ; the lowest leaves an inch or 
more in length, including the long tapering base or petiole, the upper shorter, more ses- 
. sile, and nearly linear, less than a line in width. Head, rays, &c., very like those of E. 
pumilum, Scales of the involucre somewhat in two series, almost equal. Inner pappus 
of rather copious, strongly scabrous bristles. — This striking species should probably rank 
with E. pumilum and E. concinnum in the section Stenactis, Torr. § Gray, 1. c., rather 
than in Pseuderigeron.* 
333. E. coyereum (sp. nov.): bienne? undique molliter cinereo-pilosum ; caule e 
basi ramoso ; ramis adsurgentibus apice longe nudis monocephalis; foliis spathulatis vel 
Abeer bn Z lineari-oblongis basi attenuatis integerrimis seu radicalibus paucidentatis incisisve ; ligulis 
“<~_ mumerosissimis gracilibus (albis nunc purpureo tinctis) involucrum hirsutum duplo super- 
pf . : ’ “antibus ; pappo radii et disci conformi duplici, exteriore coroniformi-squamellato, interiore 
Ps 97! esetis sub-20 fragilibus deciduis. — Var. a. is a dwarf, vernal form, only a span high, 
*. quite hoary, the primary flowering stems erect and almost scapiform (no. 374 of the dis- 
~ tribution). Dry, exposed places around Santa Fé ; May. Var. @. has taller and more 
diffuse stems (10 inches high), the leaves almost lanceolate, entire, the lower tapering 
into slender petioles. Low, sandy banks of the Rio del Norte and of Santa Fé Creek ; 
May to June. (380.) Var. y, is a larger, coarser, and much more leafy state ; from the 
— valley of Santa Fé Creek, near irrigating ditches; May to July. (385.) — The heads 
are as large as those of Bellis perennis, solitary on peduncles, or the naked summit of the 
stems, of from 2 to 4 inches in length. The species belongs to the first division of the 
section Phalacroloma, Torr. §- Gray, 1. c+ Some forms of this, or of an allied species 
(possibly E. affine, DC.), with rather less numerous and white rays, and either entire or 
incised leaves, were gathered at Buena Vista and Encantada by Dr. Gregg. 
334. E, rracenare (sp. nov.): bienne ? striguloso-puberulum, pumilum ; caulibus 
_ gracillimis e basi ramosis, floriferis seu primariis simplicibus superne aphyllis monocepha- 
=~ &) ftps Poo he pote Gr IO. Wh J, 9 
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* A Texan species which I refer to the same section is probably Distasis modesta, DC., although the 
squamell and fragile sete of the pappus are more numerous than in De Candolle’s character. 
ERiGERON MODESTUM: hirsuto-pubescens, cinereum ; caule ramosissimo paniculato-corymboso; ramis 
monocephalis ; foliis subspathulatis linearibusve basi attenuatis imis petiolatis integerrimis ; ligulis 30 — 40 uni- 
serialibus (albis) involucrum canescenti-hirsutum duplo superantibus; acheniis parce pilosulis ; pappo radii et 
disci conformi duplici, exteriore paleaceo-squamellato, interiore e setis fragilibus circiter 
desta, DC. Prodr. 5. p. 279 ? — New Braunfels, Texas, Lindheimer. 
+ From Mr. Lowell’s herbarium I find that Dr. Gambell gathered the same species in the vicinity of 
Santa Fé. 
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