: vince of Mexico, by Mr. Drummonp, who likewise introduc- 
(859g 81) to 
MonarDA ARISTATA. AWNED MoNakpa. 
KEK EEE EEE EKER EE KE KEES 
Class and Order. 
Dranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasiara. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx cylindricus 15-nervis subequalis 5-dentatus, intus 
fauce villosus. Corolla tubo longe exserto, fauce subinflata, 
bilabiata, labiis subequalibus ; superiori erecto lineari in- 
tegro, inferiori patente trifido. Stamina fertilia 2, ascenden- 
tia, e labio superiori exserta. Anthere margine connexe, 
biloculares, loculis divaricatis. Stylus apice subequaliter 
bifidus. Achenia sicca levia. a 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Monarpa aristata; canescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 
basi angustatis, floralibus bracteisque exterioribus ses- 
silibus subcoloratis apice longe subulato-aristatis, caly- 
cibus striatis pubescentibus, fauce barbata, dentibus 
subequalibus longe subulatis apice penicellatis, co- 
rolle tubo dentes calycinos vix excedente. Benth. 
Monarpa aristata. Nutt. in Herb. Hook.—Coll. towards a 
Fil. of the Arkansas, p. 187, Benth. Lab. p. 318. 
Monarpa citriodora. Cervant., ex Lag! Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2. 
Apparently first detected in the Arkansa Territory by Mr. 
Nurratt, from whom we long ago received specimens under 
the above name, though it has only lately been published 
in a valuable memoir by that author on the plants of the 
Arkansas, givenin the American Philosophical Transactions. 
My collection also contains specimens found by M. Brren- 
pier, at Bejar and Rio de la Trinidad in Texas, and again 
it has been gathered about San Felipe, in the same pro- 
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