Shortiana;. N. O. Rosacea). 



TAB. CCLXXXVI. 



Stilopus vernus 



vemus. Rafinesque 



of Kentucky. 



Hab 



Radix ut videtur perennis, fibris crasiusculis, fuscis. Caules 

 plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti, vel adscendentes, pedales ad 

 bipedalem, simplices, superne fioribus paniculati, striati, hinc 

 pilosi. Folia pilosiuscula, omnia (supremis seu bracteis ex- 

 ceptis) sublonge petlolata : radicalia cordata, lobata, obtusa, 

 crenata; caulina pinnatisecta, pinnis ovato-cuneatis, incisis, 

 inferioribus ssepe nanis. Stipnlce magnse, semiovatae profunda 

 inciso-serrat^. Mores in ramis brevibus terminalibus, deraum 

 (post anthesin) paniculam amplain formantes, erecti, parvi. 

 Calyx obconicus basi obtusus, ultra medium 5-fidus, laciniis 

 ovatis, demum arete reflexis. Petala oblonga, flava? vx caly- 

 cem superantia. Stamina plurima, ad oram calycis tubi 

 inserta, persistentia. Pistilh numerosa, in capitulum gbbosum 

 brevi-stipitatum intra calycem congesta, glabra. Ovarium 

 ovatum, compressum ; Stylus filiformis demum elongatus, per- 

 sistens, apice uncinato-geniculatus. 

 longe stipitatum, stipite e calyce longe exserto, 

 stylo elongato apice geniculato longe anstata. 

 Df this rai and little known plant, I have had the pkasure 

 to receive beautiful specimens from my valued fnend Dr Short. 



and it will be seen by the figures and -<^^°-P?">'^"S tS noJ 

 how very closely it is allied lo the genus G«.«z.- perhaps not 



genericaSy dis/nct. I am unable to find that u has yet been 

 described by any author. 



„. , ^, r 9 Parnel /. 3. Portion of a fruiting 



Fig. 1. Flower. /. ^. t^arpei. J' ^ ^j:.rt 



panicle, nat, size. /. 4. k ruit .—ah ^^ j 



Fructus 



CarpeUa 



