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was not well founded. The Chrysopsis hirtella DC. Prodr. 5:327. 

 1836, upon which Piper's species was based, has a characteristic 

 pubescence that separates it from E. luteus and E. jilifolius as well. 

 Since, however, there is nothing but its pubescence to separate it 

 from the latter, it may as well become 



Erigeron filifolius curvifolius, n. comb. 



els {Joe. cit) cannot yet be passed 

 upon with certainty. So far only the type collections are available, 

 and these show some characteristics of habit and habitat that may 

 denote its distinctness. If it is ever reduced it will be to separate 

 varietal rank under E. filifolius. 



Erigeron compositus breviradiatus, n. var. — Tufted on the 

 crown of a solitary taproot, nearly glabrous: peduncles stouter 

 and heads larger and broader than in the species: rays white to 

 pale blue, broad, shorter than the disk flowers and barely sur- 

 passing the involucral bracts. 



E. compositus Pursh already has more described varieties than it needs 



New Manual 



terized 



j 



Cordylanthus (Adenostegia) bicolor, n. sp. — Pilose through- 

 out, with gland-tipped, sub viscid hairs: stems mostly simple at 



rather 



dm. high: leaves 2-5 cm 



long, linear and entire, or pinnately 3-5 -divided; lateral lobes 

 much shorter than the terminal, widely divaricate: heads ter- 

 minating the branchlets, mostly t, or 4-flowered, subtended by 



purple or purplish 



surpassing 



lyx 



sepal 2-nerved, bifid, 



10-12 mm. long; the lower oblong and entire, 3-nerved below, 

 5-nerved above, as long as or longer than the corolla: corolla 

 purple, tipped with bright yellow, about 15 mm. long; the two lips 

 equal, both appearing as if entire, but the lower with a rounded 



with 



the middle lobe 

 teeth: stamens 



rudiment 



filament just below the fertile one: filament 



