CtKT. IV. 55 



very slender and crovvded, flovvers very small 

 but similar, seed^ minute oboval compr. black, 

 edges vvhite, crowo of 4 or 5 scariose scales 

 ovate ari;»tate. 



396, Hel. Adentatum J^am — Louisiana, the 

 real kind sent me bj Riddell vvith lovver leaves 

 pinnatilid, disk ovate, 



397, BiL\MisTA grandiflora Raf. n. fl. 976 — 

 Louisiana, Arkanzas^nd Texas, beautiful plant 

 very near the V^isiar^tlius russelianus of Hpok- 

 er, if not the s^me ; but hi^ flgure and des.crip- 

 tion^^o not agree, ELnd do not express the char- 

 acter of the N. G. nor the fine opposition af sta- 

 mens as in all Gentianides. t 



398, Sabbatia nervosa or Neurola.arkan- 

 zica Raf. n. fl. 975 — fine subg. perhaps^ a Ge« 

 nus, Arkanzas. 



399, Plf4enta 5nerma Raf. n. fl. 973^Liou- 

 isiana. 



400, Vl.leucantha R. n. fl. 974. Sabatia 

 gracilis nonnulis non omnes — mar-itimis Nova- 

 ces. ad Fiorida. 



This Century includes 17 Nevv Gen. whereof 

 8 now first described, vvith 24 nevy spetiea. 



CENTURIA V. 



EKDOGhNOUS OR MONOCOTYLES. 



401, REGGERIA Raf.(bot) perig. 6-8part. 

 periaistens, sepalis Snervisobl. obt. alt. angustior, 

 sepe omnis ineq. stam. 6-8filani. ineq. filif.-anth. 

 sabrot. ovar. apice 3lobo, stylo tngono clavato, 

 stigm. obt. Slobo, Bulhosa^ scapis l-Sfloris 

 hracteis foliosis — Genus mediate between Ga- 

 gea andx Skilla, singular byoften 7 or 8 stamens. 



Reggeria hohemiea (vtL rupestris) Raf. 

 Ornithogalum do W. — Bohemia on rocks,quite 

 pcculiar habit, radical leaves filiform, stem oti^<*~if 



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