24 XORTIl AMERICAN 



flore 'striate, leaves remote sessile cuneatc 

 acute entire pilose ciliate, flower nodding In 

 the glades of West Kentucky, annual, flowers 

 vernal white same size as /?. integrifolia, 

 which grows by millions in those glades, where 

 I found them all in 1823. These plants really 

 belong to the G. Bellis and not Eclipta as 

 deemed by Sprengel, nor Brachycome of Cas- 

 sini, genus based on Bellis aculcata and cilia- 

 rls of Australia, to which Lessing has wrongly 

 united B. integrifolia. In order to contrast 

 my species I must add this and also the Texan 

 species. 



239. BELLIS INTEGRIFOLIA MX. and Amer. 

 Authors. Eclipta do Spr. Brachycome xan- 

 thocomoides Lessing smoothish,stem branch- 

 ed multiflore erect, branches 1 or 2 flore, low- 

 er leaves petiolate spatulate obtuse, upper ses- 

 sile cuneate acute not ciliate, flowers erect 

 rays oblong All over the Western States, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, 

 Tennessee fc in glades, vernal white flowers, 

 stem 6 to 15 inches high erect, 3 to 12 flowers, 

 not seen by Pursh, nor Nuttal till he went to 

 Arkanzas, a proof that a very common plant 

 may escape notice if you do not visit the loca- 

 lities in due season. Several varieties 1 pum- 

 ila 3 inches high, 3 flowers only, 2 data, ses- 

 quipedal, multiflore, 3 carnea flowers of a 

 blushing color. <J*c, all annuals. 



240. BELLIS CILIATA Raf. B. integrif. Hook- 

 er bot. mag. 3455. Pubescent, stem erect mul- 

 flore, lower leaves petiolate spatulate obtuse 

 base ciliate, upper sessile oblong acute ciliate, 

 peduncles naked erect, rays cuneate annual, 

 found by Drummond in Texas, and probably 

 extending to Louisiana and Arkanzas, blended 



