fl HKOBOT. 



gtigmas revolute, seeds elongate as long as pe- 

 rianth obverse pyramidal 4gone, crowned by 8 

 teeth or short scariose scales, annuals^ lectces 

 alternate, end callose, flowers paniculate in» 

 carnate. Tliis (i. is perfectly distinct by the 

 perianthe, deep cut florets, scaly crown, leavea 

 &c. The name means warty apex, the leaves 

 ending in obtuse callosity, 



923. Otiiake TENiJiFOLiiTM Raf. Stevia caU 

 losa Nut. stem terete furfurascent, glandxilar 

 above, leaves narrow linear thickish with ad?* 

 pressed hairs, panicle dichotome multiftore lax 

 divaricate — in Arkanzas, pedal, leaves uncial 

 often with fascicles at the axils, flov^ers on long 

 naiced peduncles, the segments of florets narrow 

 long linear acute, segments of perianthe cane*- 

 ate acuminate. 



924. Othake LONGiroLXUM Raf. stem angto- 

 lar and glandular above, leaves broad hneiT 

 elongate biuncial thin nearly smooth, panicle 

 pauciflore corymbose, peduncles erect — flhso 

 from Arkanzas, blended by Nuttal with the las<v 

 much smaller with larger leaves, semipcdal, 

 lower leaves sometimes opposite. 



925. XETOLIGUS Raf. diff*. Stevia, peri* 

 «nthe terete 5parted 5flore, segments equal lan- 

 ceolate enerve, florets exerted with tubular limb 

 6dentate, anthers inclosed, stigmas hardly ex- 

 erted revolute ; seeds linear crowned by a pap- 



fus of 2 or 3 long rough bristles coalescent id 

 ase into a membrane. Leaves opposite^fl^u 

 ^er$ corymbose incarnate.^— Another very cHafr 

 tinct G. having the bristles of Musleliawithcni 

 the scales, Stevia salicifolia with 2 bristles be- 

 longs thereto, and will be my XetaHgus aaiidr 

 folius^ My name means few bristles. 



926. Xetoligus brevifomus Raf. srrroathj 



