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reg. 1803. frutic. fol. ovato lane. acum. 3-5ve- 

 nis, ped. 1 fl. longissimis, cal. tubo cor. brevior. 

 — S, Africa ? large purple flowers, corolla stel- 

 late, segments ovate acuminate. 



494. Onefera Raf. (Rapunt. nem. antic) 

 Rapuntium Breyn. diff*. 491. cal. camp, subin- 

 tegro semi-bilobus—Type O. coccinea Raf. 

 Ckironia linoldes L. fol, lin. crassis, fl. ped. 

 coccineis — S. Africa. 



495. RoESLiNiA Mench. diff*. 491. corolla 

 subrotata, stigma peltatum, bacca unilocul, vel 

 caps, carnosa — very good Genus 2 types 1 . R. 

 Agona M. Q)liironia hocclfera L. 2 R. frutes- 

 cens. 



496. Sabbatia Raf. cal. ineq. 5part, tubo 

 camp, corolla 5fida rotata, antheris involutis, 

 style declin. stigma 2 linearis contortis, caps. 2 

 vulv. uniloc. — Types the American sp. which 

 are very numerous, see Elliot and my N. Sp. in 

 my monograph, S. ohtusif, lanceol. cymosa., 

 llntrulata, petiolata, amena, umbellata, pumi- 

 la, nivea, stricta, tenui/olia, diffusa, hetero- 

 phyla, anceps, &c. 



497. Pleienta Raf. (more added) Sabbatia 

 Ad. non. alis. difl*. 496, cal. 7-12part. stam. 7-12 

 stylo sepe recto «fec. — Although this Gr. chiefly 

 depends on extra numbers, it is a very natural 

 one, prolific also of Amer. sp. It chiefly diflers 

 from Chlora by the unequal calix. Type the 

 Chi. dodecandra L. which included 12 blend- 

 ed sp. see my monograph and N. Sp. PI. leu- 

 cantha, rigida, fiexuosa, fasciculala, capi- 

 tata, &LC I add here this last. 



498. Pleienta capitata Raf. caule rigido te- 

 reto bisulcato, fol. remotis obi. lanceol. acutis 

 uninervis, inferis ellipt. fl. term, capit. involucr. 

 sub 8 andris, cal. lanceol. cor. brevior, lac. cor. 



