248 Dr. Smith's Specific Characters of 



first species ; in habit and botanical characters it more accords 

 with the two last, as will appear on a comparison of their speci- 

 fic definitions. The name, which more particularly alludes to 

 its resemblance in general form to the beautiful Daphne colUna, 

 was given by me many years ago, and transmitted by our nur- 

 serymen to Germany. 



7. P. flexilis, foliis obovato-linearibus mucronulatis calycibusque 

 glaberrimis, stipulis petiolo longioribus, racemis terminalibus 

 subfoliosis. 



The perfectly smooth-sided calyx distinguishes this species 

 from all the rest. The flowers are not capitate as in nearly all 

 the foregoing, but grow in short terminal race?ni, more or less 



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accompanied by leaves, "and always by real stipulas, at the in- 

 sertion of their partial stalks, though quite destitute of bracteas. 

 The presence of stipulas, and sometimes of leaves, proves the 

 racemi to be but of a spurious kind, approaching to the axillary, 

 and perfectly lateral, inflorescence of the following. 



8. P. villosa, foliis ellipticis concavis cauleque pilosis, floribus 

 axillaribus solitariis. 



P. villosa. Cart. Mag. t 96*7. 



A dense bushy shrub, with numerous short leafy branches, and 

 copious axillary solitary flowers of an uniform yellow. The 

 leaves are short, elliptical, concave, pointless, clothed with pro- 

 minent hairs, and the branches are more densely villous. The 

 stipulas are longer than the footstalks, and often connate. No 

 bracteas are observable. The appendages grow from towards 

 the base of the calyx, and are longer than its tubular part, 

 having a more leafy appearance than in any other species of 

 Pultencza. 



2. Aotus. 



