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EiscHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA. CALIFORNIAN 
ESscHSCHOLZIA. 
Class and Order. 
PoryAnpriA T'rrrRAGyniA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Papavaracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum ampliatum, hypocrateriforme, limbo ex- 
panso integro. Cal. mitreformis, caducus. Cor. 4-petala, 
petalis unguibus fauci receptaculi insertis, staminiferis. 
( Cham.) Caps: siliquiformis, bivalvis ; Semina marginibus 
valvarum affixa. ©  t * gs 
: Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Escuscuoxzia * californica. Mae 
Escuscuouzia californica. Chamisso in Hore Phys. Berol. . 
p. 74. t.15. De Cand. Prod. v. 3. p. 344. — rt. Reg: 
t. 1168. Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 265. Chamisso et 
_ Schlecht. in Linnea, v. 1. p. 554. "a 
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* 2. ee : eee i ¢ . ‘ Pet. ed - Pi! 7 
Descr. Root perennial, large in proportion to the size 
of the plant, somewhat fusiform, woody, tortuous, produ- 
cing from its upper extremity many leaves ai d geal 
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, ™* Named by Caamusso in honor of Dr. Escuscuo1z, an excellent Botan- 
ist and Entomologist, who accompanied him as a fellow Natu in ‘the 
Voyage round the world under the command of Korzznvs. It is not, perhaps, 
‘enerally known, that this gentleman is a descendant of the Joun Sicismunp 
_ Etsnouz, a Prussian Botanist, author of a Flora Marchiea, | after whom 
‘ILLDENOW named the Exsnonza aristata. ‘The Russians, into whose ser- 
vice the present Exsnouz went, wrote his name EscuscHou: 
The Genus is now so well established, that the alteration to | 
name might create unnecessary confusion. ks: 
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