2S FLOR. TEI,L. 



486. Dasistepha cespitosa Raf. Gent, glau- 

 ca ? Pallas. Parvula glabra, fol. radic. cespito- 

 sis, caulinis binis, ovato subrot. obtusis, fl. fas- 

 cicul. cal. iirceolaris 5dent. obt. sinub. obt. — 

 N. W. America, Kotzebuc sound, plant only 3 

 inches, and fiovvers one inch, tubular, blue. 



487. Vneumonanthe vulgaris Raf. Gent. 

 Pneum, of L. and many European bot. not of 

 Am. bot — caule tereto paucifl. fol. internodis 

 longior cuneatis seu obi. lingulatis obt. summis 

 sublanceol, fl. subped. cor. cal. triplice longior, 

 cal. sepalis lin. obt. — Europe, stem, pedal, fl. 

 biuncial. 



488. Pneumonanthe minor Raf. caule su- 

 bangul- l-2fl. fol. lin. obi. obt. rugosis revolutis, 

 internodis eq. fl. ped. cal. sep. obi. obt. cor. tri- 

 ple longior — Europe, deemed a var. probably 

 of last; but very distinct, stem 4 to 6 inches, 

 usualy one flower over one inch long, a var. is 

 biflore — None of these two are found in N. 

 America unless perhaps north of Canada, all 

 the American sp. akin are different, such as P. 

 media 441, P. rigida, gracilis, torreyana of 

 my monograph of 1828. 



489. Xolemia tracJiiloma Raf, caule sea- 

 briusc. rubescens, fol obt. et sublanc. subt. 

 glaucis, margine et nervo scabris, fl. term. 2-5, 

 cal. sepalis ovatobl. cor. subclausa ad cal. duplo 

 longior, sinubus ineq. trifidis — New Jersey, near 

 waters, autumnal like most of the American sp, 

 of this G. fl. pretty blue. Some varieties, 1. 

 biflora, minor 2fl. fol. obi. lin. cal. sepalis subo- 

 vatis. 2 major, fl. 2-3 purpuro cerul. cal. sepa- 

 lis lanceol, N. Carolina, called Gent, loomesi 

 in Herbal of Torrey. 



490. CiiiRONiA L. This Linnean G. was 

 nearly as loosely framed as Genfiana, and chi e- 



