NEOPHYTON. 45 



few oboval, floscules few tubular, phoranthc 

 naked, seeds oblong smooth crowned by a E 

 ble pappus external short paleaceous scariose 



alternate, flowers terminal^a pretty little 

 Genus ne^v Bellis in habit, quite distinct by 

 few rays and seeds. I find it under the nami 

 ot Acttcarnopus (in CoHins he-b) Genus un- 

 known to me and the name cant apply, the 

 seeds and not the fruit being stellate. My 

 name means a double croicn, I have 3 sp. of 



317. DiPLosTELMA PUMiLA Raf. dwarf erect 

 ramose strigose, branches angular uniflore, 

 leaves sessile entire, lower cuneate or spatulate 

 obtuse, lower linear cuneate acute, sepals of 

 perianthe lanceolate acute rays about 5.— 

 Texas and Arkanzas a small annual plant 2 to 

 4 mches high, with many slender branches and 

 leaves, flowers estival, rays apparently white 

 obtuse subentire, floscules 5 to 8 only, seeds and 

 pappus fulvous. Found by Nuttal in Arkanzas. 



318. DiPLosTELMA RADIANS Raf. strigose 

 erect, branches filiform pauciflore, lower leaves 

 petiolate spatulate obtuse entire, upper few li- 

 near acute, sepals lanceolate cuspidate rays 

 obt. 8— collected by Drummond in Texas, 6 to 

 8 mches high, flowers smooth, white, rays cun- 

 eate 8 to 10, floscules fewer 4 to 7. 



319. DiPLosTELMA FiLiFORMis Raf crcct, 

 branches filiform rough, much divided, branch- 

 lets naked uniflore, leaves entire sessile, lower 

 cuneate obtuse, upper subulate linear short, se- 

 .pals lanceolate fi'inged at the end, rays about 4 

 — collected in Texas by Drummond, sent me by 

 Torrey without name, 6 to 8 inches high, leaves 

 small, reduced to scales above, sepals more 



