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corolla, rather near Scrophularia ; but do not 

 the united anthers indicate a peculiar tribe ? 



301. Stifrosinia coccinea Raf. Gesneria agre- 

 gata Bot. reg. 3'29. Hook* b. m. 2725, G. pen- 

 dulina B. reg. 1032 ! Villosa, fol. ovatobl. rugosis 

 crenatis acutis, axillis 2-4 fl. pedunc. ineq — Bra- 

 zil, pretty flowers scarlet, one inch long. 



202. Rafinesquia vel Flundula, Raf. Le- 

 guminosa, Cal. tubul. basi carnoso, apex 4dent. 

 dent. sup. bifido. Fetalis longe unguic. undulatis, 

 subeq. Vexillum major reflexo ciiculato. Stam. 

 9 monadelphis^ filam. apex liber, parvo, 4 alter- 

 nantis fil. et antheris minor, filam. decimo toto 

 libero sterilo. Ovar. lineare, stylo filif. incurvo, 

 stigma capit. glabro. legum. lin. acum. compr. 

 subarticul. polysp. sem. ellipticis. ¥oL imp, 

 pinnatis, fl. umbellatis — Another G, wrongly 

 refered by Hooker to LotuSy by mere inflores- 

 cence t lacking even the trifoliate habit. It is 

 a beautiful distinct Genus by habit, calix, co- 

 rolla, stamens, stigma and fruit ... It is one of 

 those I propose to dedicate to myself, as Lin- 

 neus did for the Linnea, but I propose a second 

 substitute, in case there is another previous 

 Rajinesqtiia. This is so distinct that I rather 

 fear it may have already a third name unknown 

 to me. 



303. Rafinesquia (vel Flundula) comosa 

 Raf. Lotus pinnatus ! Hook. b. m. 2913. Glabra, 

 ramis teretis striatis ftexuosis, stipulis ovatis, 

 foliolis 7-9 obovatis (vel oblongis) pedunc. elon- 

 gatis, 5-7floris umb. sessilibus — In Oregon, on 

 Columbia R. &,c. Hooker says the wild spe- 

 cimen had obovate leaves ; but in the gardens 

 they changed to oblong ! as in his figure. Per- 

 haps two Sp. collected by Douglas, R, comosa^ 



