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CENTURIA n. 



101, VESTIA vel LEVANA Raf. cal. ur- 

 ceol. tubul. 5dent. dentib. subineq. brevis. cor. 

 tubulosa elongata subclavata basi angustiora, 

 limbo 5fido vix patens, lac. acutis^ stam, 5 ex- 

 ertis ineq, filif. antheris subrot. 2Joc. stylo simi- 

 lis, stigma truncatum. Fruct .... Frutex, 



fol, alt. fl* term, — Very distinct G. sent me 

 under 2 names Vestia lycioides and Blairia 

 pentandra, 1 find neither in my Authors, it is 

 certainly not a Blairia ! I dont know who es- 

 tablished Vestia^ I give Levana (a nymph) as 

 a synonym, in case it is also a blunder. The 

 G. appears akin to the many blended in Lt^ci- 

 um if the fruit is a berry, the unequal stamens 

 are a character of this group, omitted by over- 

 sight in my reforra fl. tel. 261 to 278, thus form- 

 ing a family Lycioides distinct from Ilexides ; 

 the Convolvulides differ by capsule and oppo 

 site stamcns. 



Vestia lycioides vel Levana unifiora Raf. 

 glaberrima, fol. sessilib. oblongis obtusis integris 

 uninervis glaucis, basi cuneatis acutis, ramulis 

 apice nudis unifloris — fine African shrub, leaves 

 uncial, some smaller ones obovate In the axils, 

 flower large biuncial, white or incarnate, nod- 

 ding in anthesis. t 



102, Therofon napelloides Raf n. fl. 902. 

 Boykinia aconitif. Nut. non Boykinia Raf pre- 

 vious — Mts. Unaka of Carolina. t 



103, Calymenia granulata Raf glaberrima, 

 fol, angusto lanceol. basi acutis, apice obtusis, 

 utrinque granulatis, margine flexuoso, fl. axil. 

 solit. lac. perianth. ovatis acutis membranosis 



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