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ate, leaves smooth, pinnate palmate triparted, 
medial lobe large petiolate 3-51obed, lobes 
oblong acute, laciniate dentate, stipules oblong 
serrate, panicle lax naked — in Tennessee and 
West Kentucky, 2 or 3 feet high, flowers pur- 
ple, probably blended with the last, chiefly dis- 
tinct by lobes and panicle. 
296. Thec. angustifolia Raf. stem striate 
flexuose, leaves palmate rugose, reticulate be- 
neath, 5 to 7lobes lanceolate acuminate une- 
qually serrate, stipules foliose laciniate, panicle 
lax. — Mts. of North Carolina and Georgia, 
very distinct by narrow lobes, flowers purplish. 
297. Thec. discolor Raf. Spirea do P. &c, 
stem angular sulcate, leaves subtrifoliate, lobes 
ovate acuminate unequally serrate, white to- 
rn ent os e beneath, middle foliole cordate trifid, 
some small pinnules interjected ovate sessile, 
stipules small, panicle interrupted coarctate — 
Apalachian mts. a beautiful sp. 1 or 2 feet high, 
flowers white. 
298. Buchnera levicaulxs Raf. stem vir- 
gate fistular quite smooth, above naked angular, 
leaves remote narrow lanceolate entire acute 
rough, spike short flowers alternate — Florida, 
a very distinct sp. stem 2 feet high very slender 
and smooth, leaves small uncial opposite sessile, 
spike uncial, flowers few small sessile alternate, 
bracts ovate acute half length of corolla. This 
with 266 and 267, increase to 4 our N. Amer. 
sp. they have probably all been blended in B . 
americana which is quite distinct by roughness 
and opposite flowers &c. They are all estival, 
growing in glades out of woods, and dry black 
in herbarium. 
299. ECLIPTA of L. a good Monograph 
of this Genus is much wanted, I shall attempt 
