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401. OVOSTIMA Raf. Cal. campanul. 5 

 fid, segments unequal leafy entire. Corolla 

 tubular ventricose smooth limb large spread- 

 ing with 5 lobes subequal rounded. Stamens 

 4 didjn. included, filaments subequal smooth ; 

 anthers obtuse base sagittate bifid bicuspidate 

 21ocul. opening lateraly,sutures pubescent. Style 

 elongate strait, stigma capitate ovatoblong 

 acute nodding. Capsule small inclosed. Pe- 

 renjiial 'f leaves opposite petiolate, Jloicers 

 axillary white — a singular Genus partaking of 

 the characters of many akin, but distinct by 

 calix, stigma and white flowers as in Pagesia. 

 The name means ovate stigma. 



402. OvosTiMA PETioLATA Raf. quito smooth 

 stem simple terete purplish, leaves opp. petio- 

 late oblong lanceolate both ends acute, lower 

 repand or with remote unequal obtuse teeth, up- 

 per subentire, flowers subsessile, segments of ca- 

 lix ovatoblong — Florida or Alabama, received 

 without name with many other rare plants. I 

 first called it Aureolaria pallida, but have been 

 able to ascertain it since as a N. G. near Pa- 

 gesia ; I have not the ripe fruit however. Stem 

 sesquipedal, leaves thin pale beneath 2 or 3 

 inches long, flowers large nearly 2 inches long, 

 segments of calix longer than camp, base, co- 

 rolla thin apparently white or very pale ochro- 

 leucous. 



403. RUSSELIA Jaq. Jus. W. not of Lin. 

 junior which is Vahlia. Calix Sparted, corolla 

 tubulose limb spreading bilabiate, upper lip 

 emarginate, lower longer trilobe stamens 4 

 didyn. inclosed. Capsule acum. subuniloc? 

 valves inflexed. Leaves oppos. peduncles ax- 

 illarij jlovners red or scarlet — this fine tropi- 

 cal Genus must be added to our Flora. Gal- 



