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the genera blended in Verbesina by many rays 
and bristly seeds, from Galinsoga by the pap- 
pus not paleaceous -&e. The generic name 
means bad herb * 
313. Gacotanis ciliata Raf. Eclipta do fi. 
lud 214. Stem erect terete smooth, leaves al~ 
terne sessile remote linear smooth ciliate thick 
— in West Louisiana, 2 or 3 feet high, flowers 
few terminal one inch broad, rays white, disk 
yellow. Autumnal. Smell like Cicuta , taste 
acrid, deleterious. 
314. CLIPTERIA Raf. Perianthe nearly 
uniserial 8-10 unequal sepals, phoranthe con- 
vex bristly, rays none, florets crowded, seeds 
naked. Dichotome , leaves alternate, flowers 
terminal geminate — very distinct Genus known 
at first sight from Eclipta by alterne leaves, 
and flosculose flowers. The name means defi- 
cient around . 
315. Clipteria diciiotoma Raf. stem erect 
smooth dichotome, branches biflore, leaves sess- 
ile oval oblong acute nearly entire uninerve 
smooth, peduncles geminate elongate, sepals of 
perianthe ovate long acuminate — Sent me 
anonymously from West Tennessee and the 
Chacta Country, stem bipedal, leaves and pe- 
duncles uncial, flowers green and small. I had 
first called it Eclipta levigata , but it appears a 
peculiar genus by habit, even if there should be 
short rays, my specimens have none, but the 
dry Ecliptas seldom show them. Could this be 
the Galinsoga parviflora of Mg. Catal. men- 
tioned by no one else? it is certainly not the Pe- 
ruvian plant. 
316. DIPLOSTELMA Raf, Radiate, pe- 
rianthe oblong turbinate imbricate sepals une- 
qual, margin scariose external short. Rays 
