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lanceolate ee winged. Then follow 7 to 10 lanceolate subentire 
axiles, 1% in. lon 
eene long, narrow, delicate, 3 or only 2 in., the radical 7 
in. or les 
Packs linear-oblong, with the narrow obtuse apex slightly 
darkened.  Pedicels slender, short and crowded. 
Differs from A. curvescens especially in leaf-form, thinner sub- 
stance and crenate teeth. Intermediate between A. curvescens and 
A. Schreberi in its bracts. 
Blooms in W. N. Y. from end of July through first week in 
August chiefly ; Sept. and Oct. collections on the Potomac repre- 
senting late flowering colonies. 
Examples : 
N. Y. vic., Yonkers, McLean Av., Au. 3,99; McLean's Pond, Au. 3, '99. 
W. N. Y., Silver Cr., Fern Glen, bank Walnut Cr., at summit; near High 
Br., Au. 6, n 
Cattaraugus Resn., inae cornfield corner, near Burning Spr., Au. 9, 797 ; 
Indian pis: ok upra. Au. 9, '97 ; Big Indian Cr. mouth, July 31,'96. Hanover, 
Rosebrook woods, oo. 
NY. pieni near cst Au. I,'98, N. £L. Britton, in hb. JV. Y. Bot. Gar. 
N. J., Millington, Morris Co., Au. 19, '92, C. V. Nash in U. S. Nat. Hob., 
18904. 
Md., ** Baltimore, Dr. Furman, A. macrophyllus,’ in U. S. Nat. Hb., 
No. 18916. icd pple Se. 23, 793, Bu., with the sinus often broad. 
, Lanier Hts. Brook, Se. 2 '88,'etc.; leaves just opening 
April 21 ; full dien: inl 21. Woodley Br., Oc. '88. 
Va a., Potomac bank, west of Holtzman’s, ae 26, !88, Oc. 22, '89. 
dote 
41? A. oviformis x A. divaricatus ; a probable hybrid, m 
the first parent in having irregular salient teeth, gashed and cut, a 
single tooth sometimes 11 in. long, and projecting 1 in. ; the leaves 
very thin and very large, reaching 10 x 6 in. or less. 
N. Y. vic., Yonkers, Troublesome Brook, Oc. 28,96, Bu. 
D. C., Rock Cr., at Lobelia Run and at Pierce's Mill, '88, Bu. 
I? A. oviformis x A. glomeratus ; probable hybrid, combining 
the leaves of the former and the inflorescence of the latter; bracts 
highly triseriate and with deep bright-green tips, near both parents. 
W. N. Y., Cattaraugus Resn., on ao Cr. An. 3°96: Ser Cr. 
ravine at Crenated Falls, two plants, Ae. I7, 
t A. oviformis x A. ctia . probable hybrid, chiefly 
like the former parent but with the upper leaves and minute glands 
of the latter; near both. 
N. Y. vic., Yonkers, Troublesome Brook, Oc. 28, ’96. 
