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Class and Order. . 
OcranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onaerariz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 4-sepalus, sepalis coalitis in tubum longum tetra- 
gonum vel octo-costatum, limbo parteque tubi post anthe- 
sin caduco. Petala 4. Stamina 8, erecta vel declinata, 
polline triangulari viscoso. Stigma 4-fidum vel spliericum. — 
Capsula oblongo-linearis, obtuse tetragona vel obovato- 
clavata, 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma, cum basi calycis _ 
coalita.—Herbe vel Suffrutices. Folia alterna, sepius den- 
tata, laciniata vel pinnatifida. Flores axillares solitarit aut 
terminales spicati. Corolla flava, rarius aurantiaca aut 
purpurea. 
Specific Name and Character. 
(Enornera Drummondi ; pubescenti-mollis procumbens, 
staminibus subdeclinatis, foliis oblongo-ellipticis ob- 
tusiusculis sinuato-dentatis inferioribus in petiolum 
attenuatis, floribus axillaribus, petalis magnis luteis, 
capsulis (immaturis) cylindraceis striatis pubescenti- 
hirsutis. 
The indefatigable Drummonp, the Assistant-Naturalist 
in Capt. Sir Joun Franxwin’s over-land expedition, bids 
fair to make as valuable Botanical collections in the ex- 
treme Southern territories of the United States, as he did in 
the British Possessions of North America. From Louis- 
iana, whence among other interesting plants he has added 
to our gardens the rare Nurratiia Papaver and Sarracenia 
psittacina, he has entered the province of Texas, and from 
the 
