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feet high, flowers small, umbels crowded 12 to 
24 flowers. 
470. Trad . rejlexa var. drepisia Raf. diff. # 
umbels pauciflore 6-8fl. 2 invol, quite equal faL 
cate. Alabama. 
471. Trad, rosea Mx. Carolina to Louisi- 
ana, very distinct sp. by many short involucres, 
smooth graminiform leaves and rosate flowers. 
472. Trad . rosea var. pauciflora Raf. Tr. 
graminifolia Raf. atl. J. 148. differs by few un- 
equal flowers in the umbel. Florida and Ala- 
bama. 
473. Trad, divaricata Raf. atl. J. 148. 
Leaves remote divaricate oblong lanceolate, 
umbels multiflore, invol. 2 subequal lanceol. di- 
varicate, calix smooth. — In Florida, near the 
next, but quite smooth and umbels different. 
Seen in the herbal collected by Gates. 
474. Trad, riparia Raf. stem simple, leaves 
oblong lanceolate flat abreviate smooth, base 
and sheaths ciliate, single terminal umbel 3-5 
flore, involucre 2-3foliose subequal, peduncles 
short erect calix bearded — a very distinct and 
rare sp. only found once in 1818, in the bed of 
Green R. in Kentucky near the mouth of it, 
and since received from Alabama; it has the 
habit of a Commelina, the stem only 6 to 10 in- 
ches high, leaves shorter than in any other kind 
1 to 3 inches long, thin and smooth, invol. sim- 
ilar, flowers pale blue as in Commelina, estival, 
blossoming in August. 
475. Bioscorea megaptera Raf. scandent, 
leaves alternate smooth cordate acuminate 7 to 
9 nerved, petiols elongate spikes axillary ra- 
mose lax, fruit large uncial fulvous rounded 
with 3 wide wings — in Kentucky, estival, near 
to D. villosa but smooth and fruit uncommonly 
