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cily and North Africa, very different froin the 

 other sp. blended in Achyranthts argentea 

 and aspera see my flora : this is a small shrub, 

 leaves petiol. ovate lanceol. acum. branches te- 

 rete divaricate, flowers reflexed greenish vvhite. 



1132, CadelariaargenteaKdS. Achyranthes 

 do L. non omnis, ramis 4gonis, fol. petiol. ovatis 

 acum.scabrisciliolatis subtusglaucis,spicisaxis 

 hirsutis, fl. glabris reflexis argenteis — South 

 Africa, near last but twigs 4gone, leaves larger 

 broader. t 



1133, MoLLiA diffusa Dec. very singular G. 

 habit oi Mollugo, dichotome,leaves vertic. spa- 

 tulate acute, fl. white in compound glomerules, 

 secund and recurved. Sent me by Decandole 

 without locality. t 



1134, LAHAYEAwemp/tt^icrt Raf. Polycarpea 

 do Delille. Egypt, banks of Nile. This G. wag 

 miscalled Hagea by Ventenat, being dedicated 

 to Lahaye. Polycarpea is inadmissible being 

 posterior and identic to Polycarpon ! this is 

 hairy with leaves oboval, flowers congested. 



1135, Lahayea fragilis Raf. Polyc. do Del. 

 Egypt at the pyramlds, leaves minute obl. very 

 short, fl. lax. 



1136, Steiremis ciliata Raf, newfl.843, Ille- 

 cebrum polygonoides Mx. Florida to Louisiana. 



1137, Steiremis? heterophyla Raf. Achy- 

 ranthes axillaris Sieber. glabra, caulib. sub4go- 

 nis decumbens, fol. sessilib. oblongis vel rhom- 

 beis, lanceol. vel cuneatis acutis, glomerulis axil. 

 paucifloris parvis — Egypt, leaves often uncial, 

 fl. white very smatl. Certainly not an Achy- 

 ranthes, habit quite like the last, 



1138, ANTHIRINUM L. Pers. Linaria of 

 nearly all others, bad name derived from Li- 

 num ; the Linnean G. was absurd, this was re- 



