NEOPIIYTON. 
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cemose, bracts subulate glandular longer than 
pedicels, segments of calix linear very long- 
equal to corolla — sent me from Alabama, pe- 
dal, flowers blue middle size, corollas elongate, 
capsules turbinate. 
I have several other N. sp. and Var. of this 
pretty Genus ; see my monograph ; my L, ni- 
vea descr. 1820 will also be there again. 
215. Dipsacus cuneifolius Raf. stem an- 
gular aculeate, lower leaves petiolate, cuneate 
obtuse, crenate, upper leaves sessile cuneate or 
lanceolate acute entire : head spherical, invo- 
lucre unequal falcate subulate aculeate, chaff 
spinose not hooked — In some valleys of the 
Alleghany mts. and in some glades of Ken- 
tucky, disc. 1818, pedal, annual, very different 
from D. sylvestris and fullonum . 
216. TROPITOMA Raf. anomalous or pe- 
loric Genus, sprung from Desmodmm leucan- 
thum ! calix urceolate bilabiate, upper lip bi- 
dentate, lower tridentate, corolla not papiliona- 
ceous, petals 5uneq. patent, one superior larger 
or vexillum round emarginate, 4 inferior smal- 
ler equal oblong obtuse. Stamens 16 mona- 
delphous, filaments free above divaricate sub- 
equal, anthers small round. Ovary stipitate 
oblong compressed, style lateral subulate, stig- 
ma simple acute. Pod with 1 or 2 articula- 
tions obliqual ovate, one seed oblong compres- 
sed in each. Habit of Desmodium. One 
type, the name means cut keel . 
217. Tropitoma PARAooxARaf. erect, leaves 
few, folioles 3 on long petiols ovate rounded 
acute scarcely pubescent, pale beneath, flowers 
terminal 1 to & — Discovered 1821 in the hills 
of central Kentucky, semipedal, annual, flowers 
white. Rare. 
