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the genera blended in Verhesina by many rays 

 and bristly seeds, from Galinsoga by the pap- 

 pus not paleaceous &c. The generic name 

 means had herb. 



313. Gacotanis ciliata Raf. Eclipta do fl, 

 lud 214. Stem erect terete smooth, leaves al- 

 terne sessile remote linear smooth ciliate thick 

 — ^in West Louisiana, 2 or 3 feet high, flowers 

 few terminal one inch broad, rays white, disk 

 yellow. Autumnal. Smell like Cicuta^ taste 

 acrid, deleterious. 



314. CLIPTERIA Raf. Perianthe nearly 

 uniserial 8-10 unequal sepals, phoranthe con- 

 vex bristly, rays none, florets crowded, seeds 

 naked. Dichotome^ leaves alternate^ flowers 

 terminal geminate — very distinct Genus known 

 at first sight from Eclipta by alterne leaves, 

 and flosculose flowers. The name means defi- 

 dent around, 



315. Clipteria dichotoma Raf. stem erect 

 smooth dichotome, branches biflore, leaves sess- 

 ile oval oblong acute nearly entire uninerve 

 smooth, peduncles geminate elongate, sepals of 

 perianthe ovate long acuminate — Sent me 

 anonymously from West Tennessee and the 

 Chacta Country, stem bipedal, leaves and pe- 

 duncles uncial, flowers green and small. I had 

 first called it Eclipta levigata, but it appears a 

 peculiar genus by habit, even if there should be 

 short rays, my specimens have none, but the 

 dry Ecliptas seldom show them. Could this be 

 the Galinsoga parviflora of Mg. Catal. men- 

 tioned by no one else.^ it is certainly not the pe- 

 ruvian plant. 



316. DIPLOSTELMA Raf, Radiate, pe- 

 rianthe oblong turbinate imbricate sepals une- 

 qual, margin scariose external short. Rays 



