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upon the calix; filaments scarcely attenuated, 
dy anthers small, oblong, distinct, inserted upon 
bulate summit of the filament, about a line in length, 
~~ Seelled. Germ appearing inferior, being inseparably in- 
~yested by the lower part of the calix. Style filiform, a ht- 
tle Jonge ee stamina, tubular, arising from the cen- 
‘serted @ 
Be 
= ~* tre of the.valves, loncitadinally and spirally striate, nec- 
. __ tariferous dt the base, strie 5 to7, corresponding in num- 
| ay ber with the valves of the capsule; distinct stigma none. 
"=. Capsule cylindric-oblong, 1-celled, terminated by the per- 
ee siggest aie tha flat and orbicular, valvular, valves 5 
0 7, opening from the centre; receptacte parietal, lacen- 
tule 5 to 7, succulent, 2 rows of. iced tadach, 2 Seeds 
numerous, flat, subovate, nearly immarginate; embryon 
't, surrounded by a thin carnose 
surrounded by La em; coty- 
2, flat, white; radicle umbilical, in ‘exsert- 
mule incenspicuons. Haz. On the s of the 
~~ “Mfisso avi in broken argillaceous. soils. Flowering from 
~ the latter end of August through September, and into 
* October, but never in July.f 
ee 
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reply to the insinuations of Mr. Purs yunder this article, 
here remark, that he could not possibly have -had any 
to assert, or even suppose me capable of dis uting 
he late indefatigable and unfortunate M. ew ia ithe dis- 
covery of this plant; this charge is merely a subterfuge. . Mr. 
Pursh, before he had perused the notes which I had made from 
. on the Missouri, with 4n intention of rendering 
1 not then, by hisown acknowledgment, any thing 
ublishing this genus, my friend A. B. Lam- 
issonri were t 
1, according 
