CENT, I. VS 



cutis — Central America, flovvers iarge incar- 

 nate. One of tlie plants blended in Nyctago 

 jalapa stated to grow in both Indies, t 



86, LoPEziA hracteata Raf. ramis virgatis, fol. 

 sparsis petiol. ovaio lanccol. acum. dentatis 

 ciliolatis, racemis foliosis, bracteis similis. pe- 

 dic. equante — New Mexico, bipedal. leaves 

 ujicial, peduncles filiform nodding. t 



87, Endopogon pumilum Kaf. fl. te). 196 — 

 Wasioto hills of Kentucky, N. G. near He- 

 djotis and the 2 next G. t 



PLETHYRSIS Raf, diff*. Hedyotis, cal, camp. 

 4part. ineq. foliaceus, cor. infundib. limbo 

 4part. lac. linear. revolutis, tubo intus villoso, 

 stam. 4 eq. filif, basi villosis exertis, stylo fi- 

 lif stig. 2 linear. capsula coronata 2ioc. dis- 

 perma. fl. term. thyrsoideis^ herha. — The 

 name implies multiphed thyrsus, very dis- 

 tinct inflorescence. 



88, Plethyrsis glauca Raf. caule 4gono sca- 

 bro, fol. subsessil. ovatis acutis scabris inte- 

 gris, subtus glaucis, thyrsis ovatis basi com- 

 positis foliosis, fl. subsessil. bracteis parvis 

 lanceol. — Unaka or Iron Mts, of Carolina, 

 flowers handsome incarnate, leaves similar to 

 Cunila mariana. Perhaps Spermacoce in- 

 volucrata belongs to same G, but difters by 

 narrow hirsute leaves. and capitate tiowers* t 



89,Stelmanis glomeraia Raf. Oldenlandia et 

 Hedyotis do L. A — New Jersey ad Louisiana 

 my G. proposed since 1818 means unequal 

 crown^ the generic characters is found in the 

 unequal calix as in Plethyrsis, but the sta- 

 mens are inclosed, stigma sessile capitate, 

 capsule polysperm, seeds trigone &c. 



90, Omonoia calijornica Raf. fl. tel. 351 (in 

 1836) Elshotzia do Chamis. non W. Chryseis 



