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the lowest leaves most elegantly pectinated, and the upper ones  Palarely 
divided; a Zinniv,** intermediate between hia > meters and Z. 
elecans, and which last season grew finely near St. Louis ep seeds 
picked from hides specimens. Many other Uonnetias pt not yet been 
examined ; a Centaurea may be found to be distinct from C. Americana, 
so far the only pence species of that genus, wbink is so extensively 
pes a in the old world. 
Leaving aside several Daleae, Lapini, ise a Gentiana, Buchnera 
Castillein a number of Labiatee, Gramineae, and many others, I will 
only mention a — ew more, which v had time to study more closely, First 
of all, the beautiful and delicate Heuchera sanguinea,*® probably the 
most southern, and certainly the most ornamental species of that genus. 
Next i in beauty comes the bright-flowered Pentstemon cocecineus ;*° Lobe- 
Near two other Mexiean species, FE. Carlinae, Lar., atid £. Haenkei, 
Presl., distinguished from the first by the larger number of li inear, not 
ovate serrate involucral leave’ from the other a ae the larger number 
of those leaves which are generally toothed, note 
$8 Zinnia intermedia, n. sp., caule erecto, ramoso, parce adpresse pilo- 
80; follis scabris, inferioribus ovatis, basi obtusis, superioribus subsessili- 
bus ovato-cor atis, acutis; pe unculo apice vix mb gett ‘igulis.obl ovati 
ig 
arist 
Cote about. Cosihuiriachi, eee in Sepigaber Annual, 1 to - feet 
high ; leaiebs Linch long, 8 wid 5 awering: | heads 1 o 20 
ed in dia The cultivated pas ns grew igh ; ie eaves 
20 He ie saiiguinea, N. sp., petiolis povnle pilosi; foliis sinu latis- 
simo cordatis, orbiculatis, 5-7-lobatis, lohis ineisis sisltaueg m dentatis, 
ciliatis; junioribus pilosis; scapo nudo, infra si e piloso, KES cum 
pedicellis calycibusque soloraie: Seaaegi floribus lax xe gidler tac posaeaig 
sistentibus, cum staminibu us pist ‘iis ie inclusis. 
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closed petals 1 eeadd below the throat of the calyx; stamens still lower; 
filaments Ait in length to ie igi cordate red anthers. 
*° Pentstemon coccineus, 0. sp., glaberrimus, glaucus, follis infimis 
cbowatis,. chatias inferioribus oblonga, linearibus, superioribus linearibu us 
utis; racemo laxo, pedicellis oppositis, elongatis, 2-bracteatis, 1 -floris ; 
alge glandulosi segmentis ovatis; corollae tubo superne dilatato, limbo 
bilabiato, labio superiore ad medium bilo ie aoe divaricatis, filamen- 
to sterili i glabro, Cag: dilatato ; yea yi 
Llanos, flowers in Septe ember ab Ogehe. an 1 to 2 feet high, nearly 
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