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NE0B0T. 
gle terminal spike, slender pauciflore, adpressed 
subsessile in the bristly sheaths — Florida found 
by Dr. Baldwin and deemed new by him, stem 
pedal, Jeaves biuncial, spike uncial 7 flowers— 
I have also the iff. hirsuta Raf. polyg. do of 
Walter, Elliot «$»c, collected by Baldwin iri 
Florida, a singular sp. covered with long fulvous 
hairs, leaves broadly lanceolate, sheaths of 
flowers tubular obtuse nearly as in M. ligularis. 
850. Peutalis or mitesia diver gens R. 
smooth decumbent ramose, branches divergent 
or reflexed, leaves sessile narrow lanceolate 
acute margin smooth, sheaths scariose ciliate* 
racemes terminal filiform, sheaths valvular 
shorter than pedicels. — Dicovered 1818 in Ken- 
tucky, deemed Polyg. divaricatum then, but 
having obtained that plant it is quite different. 
Stem 2 feet long, branches diverging like a T 
not like a Y, even often reflexed, leaves equal 
to internodes 2 inches long very narrow, spikes 
as long, flowers white estival, seeds trigone and 
thus a true Mitesia, 
851. Peutalis or Heptarinia longifolia 
Raf. smooth erect ramose, leaves narrow lan- 
ceolates very long acuminate sessile, margin 
rough, sheaths scariose ciliate, racemes slender 
filiform spiked, sheaths tubular subciliate — Mts. 
Alleghanies and hills of Pensylv. bipedal, leaves 
5 and 6 inches long, only half inch broad, flow- 
ers incarnate small autumnal, spikes uncial often 
geminate and interrupted at base. Flowers as 
in Hept. orientalis with 7 stamens, 2 styles ex^ 
erted, stigmas capitate, seed lenticular, 
852. Peutalis (discolenta) scabra Raf. 
stem dichotome erect suhangular, rough above 
chiefly in the peduncles of spikes, leaves petio- 
late lanceolate acuminate, margins and nerves 
