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stylus brevis. fruct. capsula ? fol. oppos. fl. 

 term. — Singular G. that I cannot refer to any 

 tribe lacking the fruit, but having affinities with 

 the Heaths and Menziesia : the name vvas a 

 synonym of Hipophae. 



Iposues obovata Raf. pumila suffruticosa, 

 squamulis peltatis vestita, fol. opp. petiol. obov. 

 obt. crassis subenervis, ramis unifl. fl. brevi pe- 

 dunc. cal. dentis brevib. acutis, corollasquamu- 

 losa, lac. lanceol. obt. staminib. glabris — Asia- 

 tic, sent me without name, leaves semiuncial, fl. 

 as large fulvous, the whole plant even the co- 

 rolla covered by minute peltate scales. t 



This Century contains 6 New Genera wher^- 

 of 2 now first described, with 30 newsp. where- 

 of 15 now first described. 



CENTURIA XV. 



ETVDOGENOUS OR MONOCOTyLES. 



1401, SMIDETIA Raf. Schmiedtia Tra- 

 tenick. Lepanthium uniglumis univalvis unifl. 

 stam. unica elliptica, ovar. o6l. stylus unicus in- 

 curvus simplex. Semina obl. Herbula cyperoi- 

 dea subscaposa, folia vel invoL unicum. ad 

 scapis, fl. verticillatis subpaniculatis — very 

 singular habit, fl. not spiculate but solitary as 

 ingrasses: it is akin to the monandrous and 

 monostyle grasses, but stems not articulate, I 

 have modified the barbarous german name. 

 Monotype. 



Smidetia humilis R. Schm. subtilis Tr. an- 

 nua pumila, glabra, fol. radic. gramineis angus- 

 lis canalicul. basl dilatatis, involucro similis la- 

 tiorib. falcatis basi vaginaiis, panicula triparti- 

 ta, verticilis multifl.fl. pedunculatis — Bohemia 

 piscinis exsicatis. Small plant 2 inches higb, 

 leaves shorter, fl. many fuscate. t 



