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Virea autumnalis (L.) S. F. Gray (Leontodon autumn- 

 ale L., Apargia autumnalis Hoffm.) 



Virea autumnalis var. pratensis (Link) comb. nov. 



Apargia pratensis Link, Handb., 1: 791. 1829. Leontodon pra- 

 tensis Reichenb., L. autumnalis var. pratensis Koch. 



Virea hispida (L.) S. F. Gray 



(Leontodon hispidum L., Apargia hispida Hoffm., Hed- 

 ypnois hispida Huds., Apargia communis Sperm., Leonto- 

 don hastile var. vulgaris Koch). 



Virea hispida, var. hastilis (L.) comb. nov. 



Leontodon h a s t i 1 e L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1123. 1763. Apargia hispida 

 Willd., not Hoffm. ; Apargia danubialis Scop., A. caucasia Bieb., 

 A. heterophylla Moench. 



Virea nudicaulis (L.) comb. nov. 



Crepis nudicaulis L. Sp. PI. 805. 175.3 

 Leontodon hirtum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1 123. 1763 

 Apargia nudicaulis Britton, 1. c. 310 



Colobium hirtum Roth ; Leontodon nudicaule Banks ; 

 Apargia hirta Scop. ; and Thrinica hirta Roth. 



Several additional species occur throughout southern Europe, 



northern Africa, western Asia and in central and eastern Europe. 



Sambucus racemosus L. 



A very rare form of the red-berried elder, with white fruit, is 

 described in Torrey & Gray (Fl. N. Am., 2: 13. 1843) as having 

 been collected in the Catskill mountains by J. Hogg. This form 

 should be recognized as Sambucus racemosus forma leucocarpa 

 T. & G.) comb. nov. (S. pubens j8. leucocarpa T. & G., 

 1. c.) 



Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze 



The white-flowered form described by Doctor Britton, as 

 Liatris spicata f. albiflora (Torr. Club Bui., 17: 124. 

 1890) should be designated as Lacinaria spicata forma albiflora 

 (Britton) comb. nov. 



Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Nutt. 



var. rosea (Torrey) comb. nov. 



Monotropa lanuginosa var. rosea Torrey, Fl. N. Y. 1 : 457. 1843 

 Hypopitj's insignata Bicknell, Torr. Club Bui., 41 : 413. 1914 



The characters mentioned by Bicknell which serve to distinguish 

 this from H. lanuginosa are too insignificant for a clear 

 specific recognition. Although lower and more compact in statue 



