66 KEOBOT, 



he says that Hooker has named them m his 

 compendium) two new Flax apparently of this 

 Genus which I have designed as follows, 



1. Nezera (or Linum) ctispidata R. stem 

 erect humble striate, leaves linear lanceolate 

 cuspidate ; flowers corymbose few, segments of 

 calix acute nervose, 2 larger ovate, 3 smaller 

 ovate lanceolsvC, petals obovate retuse — Texas, 

 semipedal, leaves 6-9lines long, flowers large 

 apparently ochroleucous or yellowish white. 

 Annual. 



2. Nezera (or Linum) imhricata R. stem 

 erect rigid humble angular, leaves su^bulate im- 

 bricate adpressed acuminate scabrous nervose, 

 flowers dichotome erect, segments of calix sub- 

 unequal, ovate acuminate nervose margin sca- 

 riose — Texas, annual 3 to 6 inches high, leaves 

 minute, flowers small incarnate ? capsule 5lo- 

 cular, 5valve as in Nezera. 



902. THEROFON Raf. 1828. Eoykinia 

 Nut. 1834 not of Raf. 1828. calix 5fid equal, 

 semi-adherent, petals 5 elongate, stamens 5 in- 

 closed inserted on calix, ovary 2-3fid base ad- 

 herent, 2-3styles short, stigmas obtuse. Capsule 

 2-31ocular polysperm, dehiscent inwardly above, 

 psititions formed by double introtlexions. 

 perennial, caulescent, leaves alternate, JIow- 

 ers paniculate — a beautiful and rare G. of nat. 

 order Diceracea not Saxifragides, discovered 

 by Kin, named by me in 1828, the name being 

 one of old for Aconiturn, and I had a G. Boy- 

 kinia out of Ammania long ago. For another 

 Boykinia see 996. 



903, Therofon napelloides Raf. Boykinia 

 aconitifolia N. rar. 81. Heuchera palnmta 

 Collins herb. — stem grooved viscid pubescent, 

 leaves petiolate palmate 5-7fid laciniate multi- 



