£ 
SUPPLEMENTUM, 
but near St. Louis, where Mr. Nuttall gathered the 
ripe fruits of it, specimens of which 1 have seen. 
Oenothera cæspitosa.—O. acaulis ; foliis lanceolatis inciso- 
dentatis, capsulis oblongis sessilibus, calycis tubo lon- 
gissimo, petalis bilobis distantibus. Sims in Bot. mag, 
1593. min 
O. scapigera. Fi. amer: sept. 1.p. 263... = 
On the banks of the Missouri. Lewis. Y. June. July. 
v.v. in Hort. Fraser; v. s. specimen imperfectum in 
— Herb. Lewis. This singular species resembles O. acaule 
of Cavanilles, The flowers open in the evening, are 
white, changing to red, and of an agreeable scent. The 
- erroneous description given in the place above quoted © 
. ‘was owing to a very imperfect specimen in the Lew- 
isian collection. à 
Eriogonum pauciflorum.—E. caule simplici basi folioso, um- 
bellis paucifloris, floribus subsessilibus, foliis lineari- 
- lanceolatis utrinque cano-tomentosis. 
In Upper Louisiana, Bradbury. Y. v. s. in - Herb. 
. Bradbury. This is the smallest species, generally from 
— to three inches high; the flowers appear to be 
white. 
Cactus viviparus.—C. subrotundus multiplex, tuberculis cy- 
-. lindraceis barbatis supra sulca exaratis proliferis. 
C. viviparus. Fraser. catal, 1813. DOT MN 
In Upper Louisiana. h. v.v.s. fl. in Hort. Lamlert. 
Resembles C. mammillaris; the flowers are large and 
red; the fruit the size of a grape, green and eatable. 
In the same collection are also the two other species 
. mentioned in Fraser's Catalogue; but only seeing the 
plants without flowers, I could not define their cha- 
racters. i 
Crategus. durlbinata,— C. inermis, glabra; foliis cuneato- 
. ., obovatis incisis serratis, corymbis paucifloris, pedicellis 
brevibus, fructibus turbinatis. 
"In Carolina and Virginia. h. June. v. v.; v. s. in 
 —Herb, Sherard This species approaches near to C. 
spathulata, but its fruit distinguishes it from all the rest 
_ of the American species. de j 
Rosa lutescens.— R. germinibus globosis pedunculisque gla- 
bris, ramulis hispido-spinosis, foliolis. (7) glabris ova- 
libus acuminato-serratis, petiolis inermibus, floribus so- 
b. 277. 
p 327. 
p. 336. 
p. 345. 
