I CM. IV. Chi 



to siiiiplex virgato basi aphyllo, vel fol. panels 

 linearib. fol. superis peliol. lineari-lanccoi. acii- 

 tis; fl. glomeratis. invol. subiil. fl. cquante — 

 singular sp. only fosind once in the Apalachian 

 Mts. of Virginia, pedal, leaves uncial or longer, 

 flowers \evy small, t 



380, Pariet. rotiindifolla Raf. caule erecto 

 simplex, f )t loilge petiol. ovatis subrot. acumi- 

 natis; fl. glomer. invol. obi. fl eq. — Florida^ 

 ppdal, annual, pubescent as all are more or less, 

 leaves uncial broad not obtuse. 



381, Pariet. falcaia Raf, caule erecto elato 

 simplex, fol. brevi petiol. ovatis falcato-acum. 

 basi acutis? fl. glomeratis, invol. obi. fl. eq.— ■ 

 Sibiria and Origon, large plant, leaves biun- 

 cial, &c. t 



'SSi, Variet. officinalis J^. O. — Europa. I 

 add this to contrast with all the above, leaves 

 obi. or lanceol. acum. acute, fl. densely glome- 

 rate, bracts obi. equal to fl. and petiols, 



383, Parift. judaicu L. O. — Palestine. 



384, Fariet. crcticn L. O.— Creta. 



385, FarieL rufa Raf. rufo pilosa, fol. sessi- 

 lib. linearib. obtusis, axillis foliosis ; ft. glomer. 

 Innatis, involucris fl. brevior, scariosis imbric. 

 ovatis acutis stam. exertis. — Upper Missouri 

 disc, by Bradbury, stem simple flexuose, leaves 

 Hncial, flowers so involved in hairs as to be diffi- 

 cult to analyze, and I am not positive if of this 

 G. habit rather unlike the others, f 



386, Ti^AtTTVL'TERiA pnlmata F. M. Tor. Ac- 

 tea et Cimicifuga do Auctoris — Apalachian and 

 Cumberland Mts. 



387, Cimicifuga americana Mx. &-c, podo- 

 carpa El, Actea do Dec. — Apalachian and 

 Unaka Mts. The real type of G. with petals 

 and 2-6stipitRte capsules* 



