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3. G. rubra (Dougl. mst.) ; foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis late ovatis subcordatis 

 obtusis profunde duplicato-crenatis, caulinis minoribus superioribus sessilibus sensim in 

 bracteis ovatis abeuntibus, spica gracili densatota lanato-hirsuta, calycibus nullis, corollis 

 parvisj staminibus styloque longe exsertis. (Tab. CLXXL) 



Badix e fibris crassiusculis, simpUciljus, descendentibus. Caulis erectus, pedalis, foliosus. simplex, superne 

 praecipue toraentosus, Spica elongata, bracteata. Bractccc flore longiores, inferiores majores, lanatae. Calyx 

 omnino nullus. Corolla parva, subcoriaceo-carnosa, rubra? extus intusque hirsuto-Ianata ; tubo brevi, limbo 

 profride quadripartito, lacinia superiore majore ; 3 inforioribus minoribus injEqualibus omnibus erectiusculis. 

 Stamina 2, longe exserta. Filamenta glabra. Anthers magnte. Ovarium ovatum lanatum. Stylus gracilis 

 stamina superans, Stigma obtusum. 



Hab. Banks of M*Gillivray*s and Flathead Rivers, near the Kettle Falls of the Columbia, and in the 

 valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Dow^Zas.— The absence of a calyx, the succulent nature of the corolla, to- 

 gether with its small size and very short tube, might perhaps justify the making a new Genus of this plant ; 

 but its habit is entirely that of the other Gymnandr<B, and till we are acquainted with the fruit, I prefer 

 leaving it where its discoverer had placed it. The petioles, and even the leaves themselves, arc partially 

 ^ clothed with deciduous hairs. 



Tab. CLXXI.— Gymxandra rubra.— P/V^. ], Bracteaj^i/. 2, Corolla ;^^. 3, Fisiil :~magnifed, 

 '' * . 13,? ROMANZOFFIA. C/iam, 



Cal, 5-fidus, inferus persistens. Cor. hypocrateriformis, decidua. Filamenta imo tubo 

 inserta. Stigma simplex. Caps, ovata, obtusa, bivalvis, bilocularis, dissepimento val- 

 vulis contrario, polysperma. Cham, 



1. R, Utialaschkensis (Cham.); hirsuto-Ianata, foliis longe petiolatis reniformi-cor- 

 datis profunde 5-rarius T-lobis, floribus subcapitatis, pedicellis flore brevioribus post 

 anthesin erectis, calycibus capsulam superantibus. — Hor. Phys. Ber. p, 11. t, 14. Be 

 Cand. Prodr. v. \. p, 319. Cham, et Schlecht, in Linncea. 2, p. 608. 



Hab. Unalaschka and islands in Behring's Straits, Chamisso. Langsdorff.—l am not aware that any of 

 our British Naturalists have gathered this species. 



2. R. Sitchensis (Bong.) ; parce pilosa, foliis longe petiolatis reniformibus sub-9-lobatis, 

 floribus laxe racemosis, pedicellis flore longioribus demum subpatentibus, calycibus cap- 

 sulam duplo brevioribus — Bong. Veg. de Sitcha. p. 40. t. 4.-/3. gracilis; triplo minor. 



Hab. Stitcha. Bongard, Fort Vancouver {Mr Garry) and Observatory Inlet. Dr Scouler.'—^. Trinidad, 

 N.W. America. Mr Aienzies.—A larger and very different species from the preceding, having smaller flowers, 

 very slender pedicels much elongated in fruit, and a calyx only half the length of the capsule. Mr Menzies 

 was certainly the first to discover and distinguish this curious genus, and his original specimens ami very 

 accurate description are in my possession. I am aware that Mr Behtham does not consider this genus to 

 belong to Scrophularinets, and that Choisy is disposed to refer it to HydroUacem, whilst Mr Don makes of 

 it, and Sibthorpia, a separate Order^ Sibthorpiacem : but in habit it so much resembles the VeronicecB group 

 of the present Order, and the capsule and whole aspect have so striking an affinity with our Wulfenia rent* 

 formis, that I prefer for the present to place it here, notwithstanding the regular corolla and five stamens. . 



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