«>1 AUJ. BOT. 



388, DIPLKINA Raf. diff. Actea 4«c, cal. 

 colorato 4sepalo, petalis 4 ineq. unguJC'obU 

 stam. p!ura filit. antheris obov. pistilis 1-3. ova- 

 tobl. sessilib. stig. sess. inagno piano, fol. bf" 

 tern.Jl. umbdlatis.—\ evy strikini; G, by um- 

 bellate habit, probably blended with Actea and 

 Blondia (see i\, tel. 279) by authors. I cannot 

 tell if the fruits are berries or capsules. The 

 name implies that the single pistil is often dou- 

 bled in the same umbel. 



DiPLKiNA umhellata Raf. glabra, fol. 2-3fur- 

 catis biternatis, foliolis 6-9ineq. sess, vel petiol. 

 obliq. ovatis incisis acutis, terminalis triiidig; 

 umbel is term. 3-5floris, bract. 2-3subulatis — Sj- 

 biria, sent me as an Actea ! same habit, long 

 petiols, folioles very unequal 1 or 2 uncial, flow- 

 ers rather large white, calix rounded, t 



389, Helenium discovatum Raf. new fl. 942 

 Florida. 



390, Hd. anceps. Raf. n, fl. 943-^Florida. 



391, Hd. Hexuosum R. n. fl. 944-Wabash. 

 492, HeL dichotamum R. n« fl. 945— West 



Kentucky, t 



3^3, lid. traxilum R. n. fl. 946— Illinois. 



3^4, 1 iel. cu ueifo dum Raf. ca al e sg ha 1 ato 

 <;orymboso, fol. cuneatis obtusis integris angus- 

 fl^s supra scabrts, pedunc. filif. disco globose—- 

 tJn»ka Mts, annual? ultra pedal, leaves small 

 uncial, r^dicil often oblong flowers rather small, 

 calix obi, linear obtuse, t 



395, Y^ii tenuifoliam R}ddel| J^Ipt. cfigU an- 

 gulato .ramoso- subumhellato, ramis 1^(5^1; ^l. 

 tenuiter linearib,obtusis integris imbricatis, ax- 

 illis fplio3is fa^cicul pedunc. filif^ perianthis se- 

 pal U Ijne^r. disco, glob.^ — Louisiana at Lake 

 Pontchartrain, very distinct sp. disc, by Rid- 

 dell, stem 10 to 20 inchesf high, leaves uncial 



