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On page 190, before Lappa, may be inserted, 
99a CARDUUS nutans, L. Bristles of the pappus not plumous , nearly 
naked. Stem2f, slender; lvs. narrow, sinuate-spinescent,decurrent, 2—3'. Heads few, 
large, nodding, purple. Ach. linear-oblong, rugulous, 2", crowned with a many-bristled 
deciduous pappus three-quarters of an inch long. Harrisburg, Pa. (Prof. Porter). § Eur. 
Page 208. After P. (Prinos) lsevigatus, add, 
3a P. pubescens Mx. Shrub 6—8f, with smooth, virgate branches; lvs. large, ovate, 
acuminate, serrulute, soft pubescent beneath; clusters umbellate, axillary, shorter 
than the petioles; berries dark red, 2—3" in diameter. Alleghanies, Pa. 
Page 291. . Next before R. (Rumex) crispus, insert, 
1 R. patientiaL. Patience Dock. Stem 3—5f, stout; leaves lance-oblong, 6'—2f; 
valves large (2—3"), broad-cordate, one of them bearing a small grain or all baked. 
Grows at New Baltimore, N. Y. (Dr. Howe.) _ § Eur. 
Page 388. Next before S. (Stipa) avenacea, insert, 
1 S. Rtcliardsonii Link. Culm 15—20', very erect and slender; lvs. shorter, fili¬ 
form; pan. loose, 3—4'; glumes near 2", acutish; pales not bearded at the blunt 
base, the crooked awn about 6" in length. Mt. Marcy, N. Y. ( C. H. Peck.) 
Page 394. After C. (Cenchrus) tribuloides, add, 
2 C, ecliinatus L.‘ Differs from No. 1, in the globular , purplish , downy involucres, 
beset above with rough, stiff bristles, and cleft into 8—10 segments, inclosing 3—5 
flowers; grain brown. South. 
Page 44. After C. (Clebme) pungens, add, . , f .., 
2 C. tntegrifolia (Nutt.) Smooth, glaucous, l—2f; lvs. 3-foliate, lfts. lance-pblong, 
entire, mucronate; rac. dense; calyx 5-toothed ; pet. rose-color, subsessile, 4"; 
stam. A equal; pod much longer than its stipe. iBanks of the Mississippi R,,,N. 
Illinois. (Mr. Y. Friese.) 
Page 840. After T. (Trillium) cernuum, add, 
j3. atrorubens. Petals brownish purple, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Hanover, 
9 Indiana. .{.Mr. A. Hi Young.) 
Page 291. After Phorodendron, insert, 
2. AOEUTHOBIUM, Bieb. Differs from Phorodendron in haying its 
anthers 1-celled, the ? perianth 2-toothed, the herbage yellowish and 
leafless. 
A. ©xycedrl, /3. abigenlum (Wood). Found grow 
starved spruce-trees (Abies nigra), in a marsh in 
Stems 3—9", jointed, each joint terminating in a ti 
and opposite; berry some 3-angled. The variety a 
Cal. and Oreg.! and is much larger. 
ring on the branches of small 
Sandlake, N. Y. (O. H. Peck). 
runcated sheath. FIs. terminal 
grows on Pines and Cedars in 
Page 133. Under Sesuvium, insert, 
2 S. pentandrum Ell. Lvs. spatulate-obovate ; fls. sessile ; stamens 5. (p ? Sea- 
coast, E. Hampton, L. I. (J. S. Merriam ), Cape May (C. F. Parker ), Cape Henlopen 
(Dr. Leidy ), to Fla. Hitherto mistaken for S. Portulacastrum. 
Page 164. After 45 A. (Aster) ericoides, insert, 
/3. viUosutt (Mx.) Stem, branches, and often the leaves villous-hirsute. 
Page 167. After 8 S. (Solidago) latifolia, /?. pubens , insert, 
/3. ciltdta (DC.) Upper racemes elongated and spreading. I1L (Mr. Wolf.) 
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