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and cool rivulets which we crossed few minutes during our 
ascent, Were in many places covered by. the prostrate. or creeping 
Hedyotis serpyllifoliay. Pores Se Gr. (Houstonia. serpyllifolia, 
, which t the eum. 
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mer. ‘This pretty plant has quite the hab of Arenaria Balea- 
rica; and the root is. certainly perennial, _ We found it very 
abundant in similar situations, throughout this mountain region. 
‘Towards the summit of thisridge, we first met with the Magno- 
eet (M. auriculata, Bartr.,) which resembles the Umbrel- 
la-tree (JZagnolia Umbrelia,) in the disposition of its. leaves: at 
edaaxizemits: of the branches. This, as well as M. acumi- 
nata (the only other species of Magnolia that we observed,) 
is occasionally termed Cucuwmber-tree; but the people of the 
country almost uniformly called the former Wahoo ; a name 
foci the lower part of the Southern, s Salar, is pone to 
i ee am 2 
4 _ HETEROTROPA. seat aadldiiants wet — 
i ventricosum, trilobatum, fere "fiberom. ‘Weds Tr: -filamenta bre- 
vissima vel sabnulla,  dilatata, ov: ovario ac creta: anthere (loculi lineares: neares) extrorse, 
(jittdenl 
ne A basi imo © per. erigonii tubo adnatum : styli 6, discreti, ‘in appendice m bilo 
; ultra vita sipmete.. extrorsa plus minus producti. (Herbe Japonice ¢ et Boreali- 
ia sepius variegata = 
“ee P Poigo ‘urceolatum, a constricta. "Stamina 6 stigmatibus opposite 
He: mk tr) 8 
datis “patilie, ‘stacniatbas 6 i pat ee peri Pe re- 
flexo, alternis ‘ appendiculo ovato erecto ovario affixo,’ stylis obcordatis.— Asarum 
Virginicum, Thunb. fl. Jap. p. 190. 
~§2. Perigonium prens trilobatum, ae aperta, Stamina consimilia, fila- 
— evissimis: anthere omnes extrorse.—Homorropa. 
‘is~oiixrenonnons ore o 
2. H. anrroxia: perigonio tubuloso- ds limbo brevissimo, antheris bigidt% 
diculo brevi crasso superatis, alternis eodemque stigmatibus adhzrentibus, piylia 
brevibus crassis vet cer ultra stigmata breviter aut vix _ Brodaste foliis hastato- 
is.—Asaru ae Miche. ; Hook. exot. fi. 
3. H. Vireintca : perigonio breviter ventric psiaidiiale ato, antheris muticis, 
oli ultra stigmata longe mandi apice bifidis, foliis rotundato-cordatis glabris.— 
Asarum inicum, Linn. 
‘The line of dehiscence of the cells of the alternate anthers in Heterotropa asa- 
roides, is said to be nearly lateral, or slightly introrse; so that this character is not 
ae, marked, and’ probably will not be deemed of sufficient consequence to 
ate generically our two species from the Japanese plant. On the other hand, 
thought ine Ldipowe 
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