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_~ Asrer pivaricatus Torr. & Gray, var. GRAMINIFOLIUS Baker in 
- Martius, Fl. Bras. 63: 22.—This common South American form has 
heen found for three years about wharves at Pensacola where it seems 
permanently established (no. 6497). 
| ERIGERON BONARIENSIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 863. 1753.—Growing luxuri- 
-atly(6 or 7 feet high) about the wharves at Pensacola (no. 6499 : 
- Introduced from South America. 
_ Pascatia GLauca Orteg. Hort. Matr. Dec. 39. This Chilian species 
has been introduced within a year or two at Pensacola (no. 6492 ). 
PECTIS PROSTRATA Cav. Ic. 4: 12. pl. 324. Very recently intro- 
duced at Pensacola (no. 6531) : abundant from the southwestern states 
South through Mexico.—M. L. FERNALD, Gray Herbarium. 
