nephew, Dr. Wi1u14m Barton, in an animated and interest- 
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BARTONIA AUREA. GoLDEN BARTONIA. 
KKK KKK KEKE KKK EKKEK EERE 
Class and Order. 
Icosanpria _Monoeynta. 
_( Nat. Ord.—Loaszz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus cylindraceus arcte ovarium vestiens, sed 
forsan liber ; limbus 5-partitus persistens. Petala 10 un- 
guiculata calyce mserta. Stamina innumera (200—250) 
cum petalis inserta, iis breviora, filamentis liberis, externis 
interdum sterilibus, antheris oblongis. Stylus filiformis 
striis 3—7 spiralibus notatus et inde stylis 5—7 omnino 
convexis et spiraliter tortis constans. Capsula oblonga, 
1-locularis, 3—7-valvis, placentis totidem seminum series 2 
gerentibus. Semima compressa numerosa,—Herbe pilis 
barbatis rigidis tenacibusque pubescentes. Folia alterna in- 
terrupte pinnatifida. Flores terminales solitarii ampli albi 
(vel lutez). 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Bartonia aurea ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis simpliciter pinna- 
tifidis laciniis nferiorum grosse serratis, bracteis ovatis 
pinnatifidis flores obvallantibus, petalis 5 obovatis cus- 
pidatis, filamentis numerosissimis omnibus filiformi- 
bus. Lindl. 
Bartonia aurea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1831. 
Barronza is exclusively an American Genus, and as the 
author of it (Nurraui) justly observes, one of the most sin- 
gular and splendid of that vast Continent. It commemo- 
rates thename of Dr. Bensamin Smrru Barron, of Philadel- 
phia, Professor of Botany in the University of that city, 
and author of “ Elements of Botany” (of which an English 
edition appeared in 1804), and of “ Fragments of the Nat. 
History of Pennsylvania.” Sir James E. Smrra says of him 
that, “‘ after many exertions and several publications in the 
cause of Natural Science, he died of hydrothorax, on the 
19th of December, 1815, in the fiftieth year of his age. His 
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