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1 y oblong. This is the only prostrate sp. I have 
seen, and it is often assurgent. 
309. PALEISTA Raf. Perianthe uniserial 
8-10sepals unequal serrate fimbriate, rays nu- 
merous 24-30 short linear 2dentate, floscules 
4fid 4androus, phoranthe with fringed bristles, 
seeds 4gone tuberculate, crown with a thick 
margin and a pencil of short bristles. Pro- 
cumbent , radicant branched , leaves opposite , 
flowers commonly geminate . — Thus this G. 
differs from Eclipta in perianthe, chaff and 
seeds. 
310. Palexsta ppocumbens Raf. Eclipta do 
Elliot not others. Procumbent strigose tricho- 
tome, leaves sessile triplinerve long lanceolate 
remotely serrate, peduncles elongate, 1 or 2, 
sepals of perianthe lanceolate acute serrate 
fimbriate — in Carolina and Florida in damp 
soils, flowers small white estival and autumnal : 
certainly quite distinct from my Eclipta nu- 
tans , nearer to E. longifolia in some things. 
I add to this the doubtful E . hrachypoda not 
seen by me, but to contrast them. 
311. Palexsta? brachypoda Raf. Eel. do. 
Mx &,c Amelias Carolin. Walt, prostrate di- 
varicate, leaves lanceolate nearly entire, pe- 
duncles 1-2 very short, sepals oval lanceoi. 
floscules 5andre — in Carolina c perhaps a 
peculiar G. or subgenus to be called Brachy- 
poda prostrata ! 
312. CACOTANIS Raf. Perianthe conical 
imbricate, with many rows of sepals, many 
rays, chaff bristly, seeds compressed notched 
crowned by a few small bristles. Leaves al- 
ternate , flowers terminal . — I united this plant 
to Eclipta in 1817 by a mistake, the habit is 
totally unlike our Ecliptas. It differs from all 
