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vis, fl. term, fascic. 3-lOfloris, ped. brevis, fl. 

 ineq. Cal. sep. linearib. Cor. brevis cal. duplo 

 longior, lac. acum. — In the Mts of Carolina, 

 Tennessee and East Kentucky, 2-3feet, flowers 

 bluish half size of A. 5flora. 



452. Aloitis quinqueflora R. Gent. do. 

 auct. Differs from the last chiefly by stem pe- 

 dal, simple or branches erect, fl. in fascicles of 

 3 to 5, large uncial slender, 4 times the length 

 of calix, leaves broader deltoid. Fig. bot. mag. 

 3496. 



453. Aloitis anceps Raf. Gent, amarelloi- 

 des Mx. caule simplex tereto biangulato, fol. 

 intern, eq. ovatobl. 5nervis, pedunculis 1 floris 

 4gonis, ad apice subumbellatis, Cal. sepalis 

 obi. acum. Cor. cal. duplo longior, lac. acumina- 

 tis. — Kentucky, fl. large above one inch, blue 

 but becoming yellowish in drying. 



454. XoLEMiA Raf. (shut half) Cutlera 

 Raf. 1807. Cal. tubul. camp. 5fido, sepalis foli- 

 aceis, ineq. Cor. ventricosa sen fusiformis apice 

 coarctata multident. 5 major dilatatis, alternis 

 in sinubus dentatis. Stam. 5. filam. subulatis, 

 antheris subcoalitis. Verennis^ fl. fascic, seu 

 capitatis hracteatis. — Types the various Sp. 

 blended or akin to Gent, saponaria and ochro- 

 leuca, such as my X. clausa, acuminata, lati- 



folia, palustris, trachiloma, cateshei, striata^ 

 rotundifolia, heterophyla, serpentaria, s/ior- 

 tiana, Elliotea, axillaris, Collinsiana, obo- 

 vata, enervis, fistulosa, longiflora, albiflora, 

 ternifolia, rubella 8lc, described in my Mo- 

 nographs med. flora 1828, and New Flora 1836. 

 Every American botanist has blundered about 

 these plants, since Linneus whose G. Sapona- 

 ria was the catesbei and ochroleuca blended 

 . . . The G. Xolemia chiefly diflfers from 



