NEOPIIYTON. (>9 



tjual, stamens 4 unequal, anthers villose. Leaves 

 opposite serrate, jloicers purple — to complete 

 the compared account ot^ ail the Gerardias I 

 add this Genus, with some others not seen by 

 me, and very little known, which must be des- 

 cribed better hereafter. This appears medial 

 between Atireolaria and Das i sterna, but the 

 calix and purple corollas ditfer from both. 



397. Dasantiiera iruticos\ R. Gerardiado 

 Pursh &c shrubby, leaves lanccol. serrate sub- 

 petiolate, flowers racemose bracteate. — Origon 

 Mts. only seen dry by Pursh and Torrey. 



398. Dasantheka? cuneifolia Raf. Ger, do 

 Pursh «^»c perennial, branches erect, leaves 

 cuneate unequaiy serrate, upper alternate, pe- 

 duncles axillary longer than leaves or bracts — 

 Florida, disc, by Bartram but not his ffammea, 

 of doubtful Genus not even seen by Elliot. Ca- 

 lix Sparted and purple flowers. 



390. PAGESIA Raf. fl. hid. calix Sparted 

 unequal, upper segment larger, corolla tube 

 ventricose limb rotate bilabiate, upper lip re- 

 flexed flat emarginate, lower trilobe. Stam 4 

 didyn. style and stigma simple, capsule as in 

 Aureolaria. Leaves oppos. sessile, flowers ra- 

 cemose white — This G. of mine 1817 is akin to 

 all the above, but distinct by the calix bilabiate, 

 white corolla 4^c. 



400. Pagesia leucantiia Raf fl. lud. 149. 

 Stem weak decumbent 4gone ramose, leaves 

 sessile ovatoblong serrulate smooth, axils biau- 

 riculate, flowers racemose on long peduncles, 

 segments of calix striate — in West Louisiana 

 and Texas probably, disc, by Robin, many 

 weak stems pedal, white smooth flowers, cap- 

 sule oval polysperm. This may be the white 

 flowered Ger. aurieulata of I^ouisiana hinted 

 at by some botanists. 



