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ly oblong. This is the only prostrate sp. I have 

 seen, and it is often assurgent. 



309. PALEISTA Raf. Perianthe uniserial 

 8-lOsepals unequal serrate fimbriate, rays nu- 

 merous 24-30 short linear 2dentate, floscules 

 4fid 4androus, phoranthe with fringed bristles, 

 seeds 4gone tuberculate, crown with a thick 

 margin and a pencil of short bristles. Pro- 

 cumbent^ radicant branched^ leaves opposite^ 

 fioicers commonly geminate^ — Thus this G. 

 differs from Eclipta in perianthe, chaff and 

 seeds. 



310. Paleista procumbens Raf. Eclipta do 

 Elliot not others. Procumbent strigose tricho- 

 tome, leaves sessile triplinerve long lanceolate 

 remotely serrate, peduncles elongate, 1 or 2, 

 sepals of perianthe lanceolate acute serrate 

 fimbriate — in Carohna and Florida in damp 

 soils, flowers small white estival and autumnal : 

 certainly quite distinct from my Eclipta nu- 

 tans^ nearer to E. longifolia in some things. 

 I add to this the doubtful E. bracliypoda not 

 seen by me, but to contrast them. 



311. Paleista? braciiypoda Raf. Eel. do. 

 Mx (fee Amellus Carolin. Walt, prostrate di- 

 varicate, leaves lanceolate nearly entire, pe- 

 duncles 1-2 very short, sepals oval lanceol. 

 floscules 5andre — in Carolina &.c perhaps a 

 peculiar G. or subgenus to be called Brachy- 

 voda vrostrata \ . 



312! CACOTANIS Raf Perianthe conical 

 imbricate, with many rows of sepals, many 

 rays, chaff bristly, seeds compressed notched 

 crowned by a few small bristles. Leaves al- 

 ternate, flowers terminal— I united this plant 

 to Eclipta in 1817 by a mistake, the habit is 

 totally unlike our Ecliptas. It differs from all 



