Ta. 4592 | ge 
PYXIDANTHERA BARBULATA. _ | es 
Bearded Pyaidanthera. 
Nat. Ord. Drapenstacka®.—PENTANDRIA MonoeyNIa. 
Gen. Char, Calyx imbricato-tribracteatus, pentaphyllus, foliis membranaceis 
subeequalibus. Corolla hypogyna, subhypocraterimorpha, limbi quinquefidi laci- 
niis zstivatione imbricatis. Stamina 5, corolle fauci inserta, ejusdem laciniis — 
alterna ; filamenta brevia, petaloidea, dilatata ; anthere biloculares, transversim 
bivalves, valvula inferiore aristata.' Discus hypogynus nullus. Ovarium trilocu- 
lare, loculis pauciovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma brevissime tridentatum. Fruc- 
tus: capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis, (Torrey) oligosperma.—Suffruticulus Joreali- ~ 
americanus, repens, ramulis assurgentibus, foliis inferioribus oppositis, superioribus 
confertim alternis, coriaceis, cuneato-lanceolatis, basi interiore barbatis, integerrimis, 
in marginem ciliatum subdecurrentibus, flore terminali solitario, inter folia sessili. 
Endlicher. 
PYXIDANTHERA * Jarbulata. 
' PyxrpanTuERa barbulata. Mich. Fl. Bor. dm. v.11. p.132.t.1%. ; 
Drapensta barbulata, EU. Sketch, v.1. p.229. Torrey, Fl. North. and Middle 
St, p. 231, \ ° 
Drapenstia cuneifolia. Salish. Paradis. Lond. sub tab. 104. Pursh, Fl. Am. 
o.1.p.148.. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 623. , 
Early in the month of May I was gratified on the arrival of the 
Royal Mail Steamer from New York, with tufts of this charming 
little plant sent me by Mr. Evans of Radnor, Delaware, gathered 
in the Pine-barrens of New Jersey, as fresh and as full of perfe 
flowers as if that day removed from the native soil. These have 
given me the means of publishing the accompanying figure, : 
which, as far-as we know, no other representation has been given 
than the very indifferent one of Michaux. The genus we think - 
correctly distinguished from Diapensia by the aristate anthers 
and few-seeded capsules and habit. It is more difficult to de- 
termine the place of this little family. It clearly belongs to the 
_“ Corollifore,” yet De Candolle has hitherto passed it b 
Brown removes it from Convolvulacee, where Jussieu was in- 
clined to place it. Salisbury referred it to Hricacee, but appa- 
_* A name of Michaux; derived from fis, ugidos, a dor, the anthers opening 
tenngvorsely; Like the lid-of gbox. 5 2 re 
JULY Ist, 185]. | 
