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with the last by Hooker, his description in- 

 cluding both, his figure appears the tcxan plant 

 Which has been sent me by Torrey, and I des- 

 cribe original specimens of Drummond ; it has 

 also a var. triflora, with leaves all acutish and 

 only 3 flowers. The folioles of the perianthc 

 are lanceolate acuminate in all the sp. not 

 linear as Hooker says, the seeds are obovale 

 pubescent. 



241. Parthenium ANGusTiroLiuM Raf. stem 

 virgate angulate smooth, above rough, lower 

 leaves petiolate narrow cuneate or oblong cre- 

 nate obtuse rough, upper leaves sessile ovato- 

 blong ; flowers corymbose globose, fol. of pe- 

 rianthe ovate rounded acute — In the barrens or 

 glades of West Kentucky, 2 or 3 feet high, 

 petiols long, leaves 6 to 8 inches long, 1 or 2 

 broad. Very distinct from the 3 next sp. all 

 are estival and perennial. 



242. Parthenium pumilum Raf. stem dwarf, 

 striate, smooth, lower leaves petiolate obovate 

 crenate obtuse rough, upper cuneate sessile 

 nearly entire acute; corymb glomerate, fol. of 

 perianthe ovate acute rough — In the mts. Wa- 

 rioto or Cumberland, stem smooth striate semi- 

 pedal, leaves rough small, flowers white. 



243. Parthenium sinuatum Raf. stem sul- 

 cate elate smooth, leaves nearly glabrous ru- 

 gose, radical ample petiolate ovate deltoid sin- 

 uate laciniate, obtuse, stem leaves sessile am- 

 plexicaule ovate repand sinuolate ; corymb 

 sessile glomerate, fol. of perianthe rounded — 

 Mts, of Virginia, probably blended with the 

 next by Authors, but by no means integrifoU' 

 urn ! large leaves, lower often 10 inches long 

 decurrent on the petiols, flowers few globular 

 whitish. Stem commonly 3 feet high. 



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