NEOPHYTOH. Gl 



be deemed a subgenus of the last if liked, but 

 is very distinct and may as well be a Genus. 



368. PANCTENIS PEDICULARIS Raf. (or Au- 

 reolariu) Gerardia do L. &c. Well known 

 common species very branched and clammy 

 villose, segments of calix crenate serrate or la- 

 ciniate. Var. 1 ramosissima, 2 pumila, 3 

 simplex <c, but 2 other varieties appears to 

 be wide deviations and incipient sp. sprung 

 from this. 



369. PANCTENIS PECTINATA Raf. Ger. pedic. 

 var pectinata Nut. leaves ovate pectinatly sub- 

 bipinnatifid softly villose, peduncles short, seg- 

 ments of calix pectinate found by Nuttal in 

 pine woods of Carolina, by myself in pine woods 

 of Alleghanies, sesquipedal. 



370. PANCTENIS PUMILA Raf. dwarf, leaves 

 lanceolate, crenate or pectinate hardly pinnati- 

 fid, petiols elongate, segments of calix only cre- 

 nate Alleghany Mts. found in bloom later than 

 any other in Autumn, roots large thick branch- 

 ed, stem only 3 inches high, leaves small not 

 bipinnate, flowers as large as usual, whole plant 

 quite hairy but not clammy. Could it be a late 

 Autumnal shoot thus deviating to form a pecu- 

 liar species ? 



371. AGALINIS Raf. (remarkable flax.) 

 Calix campanul. 5 dentate, often truncate, teeth 

 subequal not obliqual. Corolla widely cam- 

 panulate 5 lobes rounded equal obliqual often 

 ciliate. Stamens didyn. villose, anthers bicus- 

 pidate at base, dehiscent lateraly. A style, 

 stigma obtuse compressed. Capsule globose 

 bilocular, bivalve quite split, polysperm. Chie- 

 fly annuals, slender stems and leaves, flow- 

 ers axillary and terminal purplish a very 

 distinct natural Genus having the habit of flax, 



