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but near St. Louis, where Mr. Nuttall gathered the 

 ripe fruits of it, specimens of which I have seen. 



Oenothera ccespitosa. — O. acaulis ; foliis lanceolatis inciso- P- 263. 



dentatis, capsulis oblongis scssilibu.s, calycis lubo lon- 

 gissimo, petalis bilobis diitantibus. Sims in But. mag. 

 1593. 

 O. scapigera. Fl. amer. sept. V. p. 263. 

 On the banks of the Missouri, Lewis. 1/ . ."^une. July. 

 v.v.in Hart. Frasei' ; v. s. specimen imperfectum in 

 Herb. Lewis. This singular species resembles O. acaule 

 of Cavanilles, The flowers open in the evening, are s 

 white, changing to red, and of an agreeable scent. The 

 errcneous description given in the place above quoted 

 was owing to a very imperfect specimen in the Lew- 

 isian collection. 



Eriogomim pauciflorum. — E. caule simplici basifolioso, um- p^ 27/. 



bellis paucifloris, floribus subsessilibus, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis utrinque cano-tomentosis. 

 In Upper Louisiana. Bradbury. %. v. s. in Herb. 

 Bradbury. This is the smallest species, generally from 

 two to three inches high ; the flowers appear to be 

 white. 



Cactus viviparits — C. subrotundns multiplex, tuberculis cy- p 327. 



lindracei^ barbatis supra sulca e.^aratis proliferis. 



C. viviparus. Eraser . calaL. 1813. 



In Upi-er Louisiana. h . v. v. s. fl. in Hort. Lambert. 

 Resembles C. mammiUuris ; the flowers are large and 

 red; the fruit the size of a gr^pe, green and eatable. 

 In the same collection are also the two other species 

 mentioned in Eraser's Catalogue ; but only seeing the 

 plants w^iihout flowers, I could not define then- cha- 

 racters. 



Cratcegus turbinata.— C. inermis, glabra; foliis cuneato- p. 336.- 



obovatis incisis serrat.s, corymbis paucifloris, pedicellis 



brevibus, fructibus turbinatis. 

 In Carolina and Vitginia. b- June. v. v.; v. s. in 



Herb. Shcrard This species approaches near to C. 



sputhulala, but its fruit distinguishes it from ail the rest 



of the American species. 

 Uosa lutescens.— K. gevm\mh\i?. globrsis pedunculisque gla- p. 345, 



bris, ramulis hispido-spinosis, foliolis (/) glabris ova- 



libus acuminato-serraiis, peiiolis iuermibus, floribus so- 



