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tate, pubescent above, umbel multiflore (16) 

 peduncles unequal some forked fulvous villose, 

 bracts obsolete sepals unguiculate ovatoblong 

 acute, berries globular — found in Collins herb. 

 as Conv. umbel, certainly not the same as the 

 last, distinct by leaves, scape sulcate, larger 

 flowers nearly as large as in CI. podanisia, ap- 

 parently fulvous or nankin color, leaves 8 inches 

 long. 



448. Clintonia (Onyx) glomerata Raf. 

 Leaves 3-4 similar obovate elliptical obtuse ci- 

 liate, scape equal villose above, umbel multi- 

 flore, bract lanceolate elongate, flowers subses- 

 sile glomerate pubescent — Apalachian and 

 Wasioto Mts. my specimens have the flowers 

 not quite unfolded with a longer bract. Only 

 3 to 4 inches high, quite distinct by obtuse 

 leaves and sessile hairy flowers. — Thus I hate 

 noticed about 20 sp. or striking var. of this 

 pretty G. I had only 7 in my remarks of 1832. 

 None of our Botanists know them, because rare 

 vernal and alpine ; or when seen mistaken for 

 a single kind ! yet I venture to say they all ori- 

 ginate from 4 or 5 original types. 



449. ETHEOSANTHES Raf. Neog. 42. 

 fl. tell. 27. Near Tradescantia, difference Ca- 

 lix and Corolla unequal, one petal larger con- 

 cave,stamens 6 unequal curved villose, 3 longer. 

 Stem ramose, flowers racem^ose without spa- 

 tlias — a fine Genus described by me as early 

 as 1825, seen alive since 1820 in the gardens 

 of Kentucky where received from Louisiana. 

 I collected 50 specimens and have sent it to all 

 my correspondents. I sometimes spelt the 

 name Eothinajithcs, both mean evanescent 

 flowers. 



450. Etheosanthes cimata Raf. stem erect 



