ACTIMERIS. ^1 



the akin genera with winged stems, and mv 

 Cauloma that has naked seeds. It has evTn 

 2 subgenera, and Anomeris is quite distinct 

 fr.\ I""^'^ ^^''^' Perianthe uniserial, rays 2 

 to J seeds marginate, alternate leases/ 



1. A. SQUARRosA N. Coreopsis alternifoHa 



A .Zf^ .scabrous, lanceolate serrate.— Can- 



fJ;/\ f ^^"^^^ ^^^'^'-aJ varieties ; but the Alba 



without rays, is a peculiar Genus ! Anomeris. 



y^r procera, tall, 6 to 10 feet high, flowers 



paniculate. Coreopsis procera Alton. 



\^T pauciflora, stem simple, few flowered 

 leaves lanceolate serrate. ' 



Var. serrulata, Stem simple few flowered 

 leaves oblong lanceolate serrulate.— the A. pau 

 ^ora Nutal, hardly distinct from the last — 

 K^tucky and Florida. All seen alive. Autikon 

 Ih^A.alata N. of Mexico, with opposite 

 leaves is probably congeneric with Verbesina 

 siegesbeckia my G. Anomantha, 



II. Megactelis Perianthe biserial 10 to 12, 

 seeds hardly marginate, leaves alternate sessil^] 

 Perhaps belonging to my G. Cauloma, 



2. A, heliunthoides N. Leaves lanceolate 

 acute serrate, hairy beneath, flowers coarctate 

 perianthe linear lanceolate rays 9. — Ohio to 

 Louisiana. Seen alive. 



3. A. Ellioti Raf. a, helianthoides, E. Stem 

 and leaves scabrous, ovate lanceolate serrate 

 acute, flowers corymbose, perianthe oval, rays 

 10 to 12. — Georgia and Alabama. Stem 2 to 4 

 feet, terete winged. Seen dry. 



ACTISPERMUMRaf. misspelt Actinosper- 

 mum by Elliot, from Actinea ! Balduina mul- 

 tiflora N. differs from Balduina by perianthe 

 biserial not imbricate, perianthe with Ggone 

 Gtoothed cells, pappus simple starlike. 



