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Planta rigidior et ejus partes imprimis folia, caules, et inflor- 

 escentia, scabrellae : folia quoque densiora quam in specie : petala 

 multifida segmentis linearibus irregularibus linearibus: folia 

 margine scabro-ciliata. 



The plant though as little branched is less slender than the 

 type- 



The following are rather typical specimens of E. stellata in 

 the U. S. National Herbarium. The plants were examined in the 

 beginning of September, 1912. All the others with a few rather 

 equivocal exceptions were found to be typical of the variety. 

 I indicate the typical species specimens because they are not so 

 numerous. R. Harper's iioi, Chatahoochie River, Ga. VH, 19, 

 1 901. U. S. H. No. 400362. A. A. Heller's N. of Tucquan, Lan- 

 caster, Co. Pa. Vn, 24, 1 901. U. S. H. No. 406955. Apparently 

 the most northern limit. W. Palmer's, Bedford Co. Va. VII, 24, 

 1906. U. S. H. No. 605061. W. Pollock's Bucklin Upshur Co., 

 W. Va. VIII, 13, 1895. U. S. H. 261684. T. Kearney, Jr., 618. 

 French Broad River. IX, 17, 1897. U. S. H. No. 313305. Albert 

 Ruth's 197, Lookout Mountain, Ga. VII, 1898. U. S. H. No. 

 345380. E. C. Townsend's, Spring Mtn. Polk Co., N. Carolina, 



VII, 23, 1897. U. S. H. No. 341735. C. H. Boynton's 37, High- 

 lands, N. C, VIII, 1888, U. S. H. No. 8830. J. K. Small's Summit 

 Iron Mts. Skull Cap. Symth Co., SW. Va. VIII, 11 and 21, 1892 

 U. S. H. No. 8841. Miss A. Moore's No. 5 Cades Mt. Tennessee, 



VIII, 1895. U. S. H. No. 250437. C. L. Pollard's and W. Maxon's, 

 De Kalb Co., Ga. Stone Mt. VIII, 12 and 18, 1900. U. S. H. No. 

 443001. Thaxter's, CuUowhee, N. C. (ex Herb. A. Gray) 1887 

 U. S. H. 415904. 



As types of the new variety I may designate No. 1054 1 gathered 

 at Notre Dame, No. 3497 collected by W. W. Calkins, at Berwyn, 

 111. (his own No. 181) is in bud and flower, another 7333 collected 

 by the same at Hyde Park, 111. is typical, also No. 3491, by Dr. F. 

 Powers at Notre Dame, and my own fruit specimens No. 2136 

 are all examples from my herbarium. 



Notre Dame, Ind. 

 Dept. of Botany. 



