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angles. a fringed border surrounds
ye apex of ye seeds — spines or
prickles strait, erect, & extending
from ye awn down ye outer
edge of ye seeds, small tubercles
on ye surface of ye seeds, whh dis=
=appear when fully ripe. The
awns are long thin pointed sharpe pointed
but not stiff —

Among these plants grows
a variety. (at lease they are
frequently found together)
without any proper awns,
but only ye rudiments of 2
awns sitting on ye outer
angle of ye seeds in places
of ye 2 awns. These rudiments
are short — blunt with a broad
base & somewhate acuminated —
apearing like acuminated tuber=
=cles — with very short erect, fringe
like pricles, which extend round
ye seeds — or from ye base of ye rudi=
=ments of awns on each side ye
seeds — The the rays — & every
other part of ye plant — like
Bidens ramosa.

There appears rather a fringed
border round ye top of ye seeds, wh
appear not a continuace of ye fring
on ye awns. The fring is not con-