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Cacalia which he called Conophora.'^ It would seem appropriate 

 to perpetuate this as a generic name.^ 



Conophora (DC.) Nwd. 



Cacalia Linn. Subgenus or vSection Conophora DC. (1837).' 



Mesadenia Raf. Loud. Card. Mag. 8, p. 247, (1832), and 

 Mesadenia Raf. New. Fl. IV., p. 78, (1836) not Mesadenia Raf. 

 Med. Fl. L, p. 198, (1828). 



?[Arnoglossum Raf. Fl. Lud. p. 64, (18 17)]? nomen subnudum, 

 not Arnoglossum of the Ancients.) 



Conophora atriplicifolia (Linn.) Nwd. 

 Mesadenia atriplicifolia (Linn.) Raf. 1. c. p. 79. 

 Cacalia atriplicifolia Linn. Sp. PL p. 835, (1753). 



Conophora reniformis (Muhl.) Nwd. 



Mesadenia renijormis (Muhl.) Raf. 1. c. p. 79 



Cacalia reniformis Muhl. Willd. Sp. PI. 3, 1735, (1809). 



Conophora tuberosa (Nutt.) Nwd. 



Mesadenia tuberosa (Nutt.) Britton. III. Fl. 3, p. 474, (1898). 



Adesadenia plantaginea Raf. 1. c. p. 79. 



Cacalia tuberosa (Nutt.) Gen. 2, p. 138, (18 18). 



}[Arnoglossum plantagineum Raf. Fl. Lud. p. 65, (1817)]? 



Conophora floridana (A. Gray) Nwd. 



Cacalia floridana A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. XIX., p. 52, (1883). 



Conophora ovata (Walt.) Nwd. 

 Mesadenia ovata (Walt.) Raf. o. c. 

 Cacalia ovata Walt., Carol, p. 196, (1785). 



Conophora diversifolia (T. and G.) Nwd. 

 Mesadenia. diversifolia (T. and G.) Greene 1. c. 



Conophora similis (Small) Nwd. 



Mesadenia similis Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. p. 1301, (1903). 



Conophora maxima (Harper) Nwd. 



Mesadenia maxima Harper in Small, Fl. vS. E. U. S., p. 1301, 

 (1903)., etc., etc. 



4 De Candolle, A. P., Prod. VI., p. 329, (1837)- 



5 It is possible that the name of the cryptogamic plant Coniop'hora 

 DC. and Pers. may render Conophora a synonym. If so Adenimesa may be 

 suggested for Alesadenia Raf. (1832), with the same type A. atriplicifolin — 

 Mesadenia atriplicifolia (Linn.) Raf. New FL 4, p. 79, (1836). 



