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rently _ different from that of a large area of contiguous terri- 
g 
land and New Jersey coast, and the exposure was to the full light 
of the sun ; the surface of the ground was eee! level. Soi 
is to be expected that other patches will be found somewhere 
along the Atlantic Coast, though I doubt if the plant is anywhere 
abundant. 
I take great pleasure in oe with ay 5 aay the name 
of Judge Daly, who was a mo patro 
of geography aid botany. ae een ae have already com- 
memorated him in the name of a mountain, so his name will be 
pe Sie in September, ie and from an saditoral sup- 
ae : 
the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens at Kew, and to the Her- 
barium of the Botanical Garden at Berlin. 
should also say that one reason why I infer that the distri- 
bution of the plant is local, is that I dug some of the plants out 
the patch and moved them to a situation quite similar to that 
in which they naturally grew, near Judge Daly’s house at Sag 
Harbor, but they refused to grow there ; I also tried to get the 
plant to grow in the coo nae it hailed; so it seems that like 
many other rare species it: g by factors that 
are not known. 
Helianthus Dalyi new species. Perennial by a fusiform tuber 
3-4 cm. ae Stem slender, simple, ae appressed-pubes- 
cent, abou dm. hee leaves firm, conduplicate, drooping, 
finely rou a pubesc n both ce Fame lanceolate, acu- 
minate at both ne ‘stanly poles with low teeth, ve baled 
bout 1 dm. long and cm. wide, all opposite or upper- 
po 
most alternate ; ee oy pees long- Mane rarely 2, 
bout 8 cm. broad ; involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, with 
