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279. Blondia (Necker) d'lff.Tktrella, Cal. cone, 

 camp an. ofido, Fetalis 5 linearis elongatis, Stam. 

 10 elongatis, ovario birostro, Stylis 2. Stig. ob- 

 tusis. Capsula uniloc. birostra equalis, inter 

 stylis dehiscens. Catdescciis^ J'ol. cowpositis 

 alt. fl. paniculatis. — The description is from 

 Elliot, who properly says it is nearer i^axlfraga 

 than TiareUa ; but habit quite peculiar, similar 

 to Aruncus^ where Michaux once united it. 



280. Blondia hltrrnata Raf. Tiarella do 

 Vent. Pursh. Nat. Elliot, Eaton, ^pirea arun- 

 cus Var. Mx. Fol. bitern. foliolis ovato cord, 

 obliquis, inciso lobatis dentatis," panicula racemi 

 flora divaricata pubescens bracteis linearibus. — 

 Saluda Mts. of Carolina, perennial, styles in- 

 flexed, segments of calix deep and ovate. 



281. Blondia trifoUata Raf Tiarella do L. 

 et auct. Fol. trifoliatis, foliolis rhombeis angu- 

 latis serratis pilosis, panicula corymbis race- 

 mosis stylis rectis. — In E. Sibiria and Oregon. 

 Cal. realy campan. This was the type of Necker's 

 Blondia^ who ascribes to it a double capsule, as 

 Leptarhena., which conies still nearer to Arun- 

 cus. In Bl. hiternata the 2 capsules are coales- 

 cent and the calix deeper more open : is it a 

 Subgenus Saluda Raf i the definite Stamens 

 remove them however from Hpirea and Arun- 

 cus, while the habit is also near AlchemiUa. — 

 Yet the G. probably belongs to Saxifragea. 



282. Yamala R. (nom. Amer.) diff". Heuchera, 

 cal. turbinato ineq. Slobo, petalis nulhs, Stam. 

 5 inclusis. Acaulis,jl. racenio Simplex. — 1'yP^» 

 Yamala cylindrica Raf Heuchera do Dec. 

 Hook. fl. fol. cordatis truncatis lobato crenatis, 

 racemo tereto spicato. In Oregon. 



283. Leptaxis Raf diif. Heuchera et Tia- 

 rella, Cal. infundib. 5fido, pela.lis 5 linear. Stam, 



