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nies and Kiskanom mts. only 2 or 3 inches 

 high, leaves not half an inch, flowers small pur- 

 ple vernal. Annual like all the species ? 



257. Brunella sessilifolia Raf. stem te- 

 rete branched rough above, branches brachi- 

 ate, leaves sessile narrow lanceolate acute en- 

 tire smooth, margin rough, heads oblong, bracts 

 cordate acuminate ciliate, calix ciliate colorate 

 — Florida sesquipedal, leaves 2 or 3 inches 

 long, heads elongate 3 inches long, calix red, 

 flowers purple, handsome sp. near Br, inter- 

 media of Europe, but leaves entire and smooth. 



258. Brunella petiolaris Raf. smooth, 

 stem simple subterete, leaves on long petiols, 

 lower obovate or cuneate entire obtuse, upper 

 lanceolate acute subdentate, heads ovatoblong 

 short, bracts ciliate reticulate cuspidate cor- 

 date, calix smooth cuspidate — In Kentucky 

 pedal, radical leaves smaller, upper leaves long 

 narrow triuncial, flowers estival as in nearly all. 



259. Brunella hirsuta Raf. Hirsute rough, 

 stem simple 4gone, leaves remote petiolate cre- 

 nate, lower ovate obtuse, upper elliptic oblong 

 subacute, heads short truncate, bracts hirsute 

 ciliate acuminate, calix ciliate acute — Illinois 

 and Missouri, pedal, flowers bluish purple. 



260. Brunella cinerea Raf. creeping vil- 

 lose cinereous, radical leaves petiolate round 

 and ovate, obtuse crenate, upper leaves oblong 

 or linear nearly entire margin involute, heads 

 oblong sessile,bracts reniform acum. ciliate, ca- 

 lix hirsute at the base — Florida, Alabama, 

 Wasioto mts. and hills of Kentucky, biennial, 

 vernal very distinct, although akin to last and 

 next. Stem semipedal, leaves small uncial, 

 heads 2 inches long, calix as in most sp. upper 

 lip 3dentate, lower bifid ciliate. 



