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334. PERITRIS (around triple) Raf. A- 

 nother Genus akin to Arnica distinct by habit 

 and triple perianthe Perianthe in triple se- 

 ries, outer shorter with few lax folioles, the 2 

 inner equal and adpressed. Phoranthe flat 

 naked. Rays few tridentate. Seeds oblong 

 compressed pubescent, pappus simple. Habit 

 of Jacobea, caulescent corymbose. Perian- 

 the nearly like Aliseta with the addition of a 

 calicule, but chaffs lacking and habit unlike. 



235. PERITRIS OVATIFOLIA R. puberulent, 

 stem erect subangular lower leaves petiolate 

 ovate serrate acute, petiols winged, upper leaves 

 sessile ovate lanceol. serrulate or entire ; co- 

 rymb ramose racemose, peduncles erect, bracts 

 subulate, folioles of perianthe lanceolate Flo- 

 rida and Alabama, pedal, perennial, fl. yellow, 

 perianthe smooth, calicule or outer pubescent. 



236. ARNICA BREVICAULIS Raf. smooth, sea- 

 pose, leaves obovate and cuneate, obtuse, un- 

 equally crenate and laciniate, scape shorter 

 than leaves and with flowers umbellate, bracts 

 lanceol. wooly in the axiles. peduncles unequal, 

 some very long, striate uniflore with 1 or 2 su- 

 bulate bracteoles, perianthe lanceolate, wooly 

 at the base. Sent me from Alabama, stem 

 only 4 inches, leaves 6, flowers large yellow, 

 few rays, pappus white, seeds oblong angular 

 smooth. This appears a real Arnica near A. 

 nudicaulis. the perianthe being simple. 



237. BELLIS PARVIFLORA Raf. stem branched 

 diffuse, leaves sessile oblong acute entire sca- 

 brose, peduncles terminal long naked, rays 

 linear In Kentucky on rocks, rare, annual, 

 semipedal, leaves small, flowers white estival 

 very small half size of B. integrifolia. 



238. BELLIS NUTAWS Raf. stem simple uni- 



