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!m. PERITRIS (around triple) Raf. A- 

 nother Genus akin to Arnica distinct by habit 

 and triple perianthe— Perianthe in triple se- 

 ries, outer shorter with few lax folioles, the 2 

 inner equal and adpressed. Phoranthe flat 

 naked. Rays few tridentate. Seeds oblong 

 compressed pubescent, pappus simple. Habit 

 of Jacohea, caulescent corymbose, — Perian- 

 the nearly like Aliseta with the addition of a 

 calicule, but chaifs lacking and habit unlike. 



235. Peritris ovatifolia R. puberulent, 

 stem erect subangular lower leaves petiolate 

 ovate serrate acute, petiols winged, upper leaves 

 sessile ovate lanceol. serrulate or entire ; co- 

 rymb ramose racemose, peduncles erect, bracts 

 subulate, folioles of perianthe lanceolate — Flo- 

 rida and Alabama, pedal, perennial, fl. yellow, 

 perianthe smooth, calicule or outer pubescent. 



236. Arnica brevicaulis Raf smooth, sea- 

 pose, leaves obovate and cuneate, obtuse, un- 

 equally crenate and laciniate, scape shorter 

 than leaves and with flowers umbellate, bracts 

 lanceol. wooly in the axiles, peduncles unequal, 

 some very long, striate uniflore with 1 or 2 su- 

 bulate bracteoles, perianthe lanceolate, wooly 

 at the base. — Sent me from Alabama, stem 

 only 4 inches, leaves 6, flowers large yellow, 

 few rays, pappus white, seeds oblong angular 

 smooth. This appears a real Arnica near A. 

 ntidicaulis, the perianthe being simple. 



237. Bellis parvifi-ora Raf stem branched 

 diffuse, leaves sessile oblong acute entire sca- 

 brose, peduncles terminal long naked, rays 

 linear — In Kentucky on rocks, rare, annual, 

 semipedal, leaves small, flowers white estival 

 very small half size of B. integrifolia. 



238. Bellis nutans Raf. stem simple uni- 



