74 DESCRIPTION OF A 
indeed to Papaver, but differing in its calyx, the form of its 
capsule, and the disposition of the stigmata. Had there 
been no genus Coulteria, it is to this that I should have 
affixed the name of Dr. Coulter; but De Candolle hav- 
ing in this matter long anticipated me, I desire, as the 
next greatest respect that I can pay to Dr. Coulter's memory, — 
to bestow upon this fine plant of his discovery, the name of - 
his most distinguished and one of his most intimate friends. - 
I therefore propose to inscribe it to the Rev. Dr. T. RoMNEY 
Rosinson, the Astronomer of Armagh; not that I have the 
vanity to suppose that my doing so can add any ray to the - 
name of Romney Robinson, a name already caught up among - 
the stars; but simply to indulge the wish, above expressed, of - 
honouring Dr. Coulters memory through his friend, and - 
thus linking the names of Coulter and Romney Robinson as - 
closely in the annals of science as their friendship was 
strong and indissoluble. I regret that an elder Robinsonia* - 
prevents me from making use of Dr. Robinson’s family 
name ; but in calling the present genus RouxEvA, I folles E 
a wathubentt established precedent. E. 
The following are its characters : 
— ce 
ceis, hinc in alA Cina dor expansis, caducis. Ee 
petala sex, biseriata, hypogyna, obovata, decidua. Stamina. : 
plurima, hypogyna: filamenta filiformia: anthere te 
nales, lineares, biloculares, loculis latere longitudinaliter 
dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovatum (setis rigidis densissime - 
vestitum), uniloculare v. spurie pluriloculare. Ovula juxta. 2 
placentas intervalvulares 6-12 septiformes et semi-septi-- : 
formes, plurima, anatropa. Stigmata subulata, carnos® 
ad ovarii apicem subattenuatum erecta v. erecto-patentia. 
placentis opposita. Capsula (immatura) ovata, ad apicen 
angustata (densissime setosa). Semina. «s.» «s» ?— Herba 
elata, Californica, glabra, glauca. Folia petiolata, t y 
* In honour of Robinson Crusoe, of Juan Fernandez celebri jh (vii 
country this plant is a native. 
