IT ROBOT. 



pairs of leaves at base, one or two inches long, 

 lowest larger subpetiolate, 2 or 3 alterne sessile 

 lanceol. ad pressed remote further up ; hut none 

 within 8 inches of the flower, the strigose tuber- 

 cles very peculiar white unequal ending in a de- 

 ciduous stiff white bristle. Flower black pur- 

 ple as the disk of Discotmia, one inch wide, 

 segments of perianthe in 3 rows of 6 to 8 in 

 each, the inner colored like the flower nearly 

 acuminate, tube of floscules not longer than the 

 tubular limb. 



912. AIMORRA Raf. radiate, perianthe 

 simple 8-10partite, rays 8-10 subentire, phoran- 

 the flat, chaffs obovate carinate, florets or flos- 

 cules tubular without tube 5 dentate, stamens 

 inclosed, stigmas exerted, seeds obovate 4gone 

 with 4 minute teeth. Erect, leaves alternate, 

 Very near to my G, Helepta see first part arti- 

 cle Acmella, main difference habit alternate, 

 and toothed seeds : the name was applied by 

 Dioskorides to a Chrysanthemum or Buphthal- 

 in u in. 



913. AIMORRA ACUMINATA R. Acrnella alter- 

 nifolia Baldw. in Coll. herb. smoerth 'erect.stem 

 angular, leaves alt. petiolate ovate acuminate 

 serrate in the middle, trinervate reticulate, 

 branches short uniflore^segments of perianthe 

 oblong obtuse in Florida, stem pedal, leaves 

 over one inch, flowers few yellow on short foliose 

 peduncles or branches, rays apparently obtuse 

 entire. 



914. ZINNIA FLORIDANA Raf. stem solid fus- 

 cate triflore, leaves lanceolate, base dilatate 

 subamplexicale, peduncle central very long cla- 

 vate, segments of perianthe rounded, rays obo- 

 vate an indigenous sp. of this pretty Mexican 

 Genus, found in Florida by Kin, in Georgia by 



