Ill NEW SPECIES OE PLANTS. 



2. Cr. *attenuatus. Body attenuated from tin 

 head, posterior i'cet longer than the others. 



Inhabits the Southern States. 



Body broadest before and gradually attenuated to 

 the tail, reddish-brown, with a few hairs : head and 

 base of the mandibles above punctured : antenna 

 setaceo filiform, with numerous short hairs ; feet 

 paler than the body, posterior ones longer than the 

 others. 



Found under stones, &c. 



A Description of some new species of Plants, recently 

 introduced into the gardens of Philadelphia, from 

 the Arkansa territory. By Thomas Nuttall. 

 Read, August 7th, 1821. 



1. Coreopsis *tinctoria, foliis radicalibus pseudo- 

 bipinnatis, foliolis subovalibus iutegris glabris, supe- 

 rioribus pseudopinnatis laciniis linearibus; iloribus 

 binatis ternatisve; calicibus exterioribus brevissimis* 

 radiis bicoloribus; seminibus nudis immarginatis. 



Habitat. Throughout the Arkansa territory to 

 the banks of Red river, chiefly in the prairies which 

 are subjectto temporary inundation. — Flowering, from 

 June to October. 



Description. Annual and biennial, stem erect, 

 smooth, and much branched, extremely variable in 

 magnitude, being from one to live feet high. Th< 



