NEOPHYTON. 
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few obovah floscules few tubular, phoranthe 
„ naked, seeds oblong smooth crowned by a dou- 
ble pappus, external short paleaceous scariose, 
internal bristly longer. Annual ramose , leaves 
alternate , flowers terminal — a pretty little 
Genus near Beilis in habit, quite distinct by 
few rays and seeds. I find it under the name 
of Acticar nopus (in Collins herb) Genus un- 
known to me and the name cant apply, the 
seeds and not the fruit being stellate. My 
name means a double crown . I have 3 sp. of 
it. 
317. Diplostelma pumila Raf. dwarf erect 
ramose strigose, branches angular uniflore, 
leaves sessile entire, lower cuneate or spatulate 
obtuse, lower linear cuneate acute, sepals of 
perianthe lanceolate acute rays about 5. — 
Texas and Arkanzas a small annual plant 2 to 
4 inches high, with many slender branches and 
leaves, flowers estival, rays apparently white 
obtuse subentire, floscules 5 to 8 only, seeds and 
pappus fulvous. Found by Nuttal in Arkanzas. 
318. Diplostelma radians Raf. strigose 
erect, branches filiform pauciflore, lower leaves 
petiolate spatulate obtuse entire, upper few li- 
near acute, sepals lanceolate cuspidate rays 
obt. 8 — collected by Drummond in Texas, 6 to 
8 inches high, flowers smooth, white, rays cun- 
eate 8 to 10, floscules fewer 4 to 7. 
319. Diplostelma filiformis Raf. erect, 
branches filiform rough, much divided, branch- 
lets naked uniflore, leaves entire sessile, lower 
cuneate obtuse, upper subulate linear short, se- 
pals lanceolate fringed at the end, rays about 4 
— collected in Texas by Drummond, sent me by 
Torrey without name, 0 to 8 inches high, leaves 
small, reduced to scales above, sepals more 
