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vezia of Dombey in Jussieu united thereto by 

 \V. P. differs by calix 5fid, tube ventricose be- 

 low and capsule globose. 



404. RTTSSELIA JUNCEA. Zuc. in bot. reg. 

 1773. Brandies 4gone erect virgate, leaves 

 minute petiolate ovate subentire, peduncles fili- 

 form subbiilorc Texas and Mexico, flowers 

 scarlet. 



405. RUSSELIA FLAMMEA Raf. Gerardia do 

 Bartr. trav p. 412. stem ramose pyramidal, 

 leaves lanceolate '! flowers in a pyramidal foli- 

 ose panicle Alabama, indicated 60 years ago 

 by Bartram, and still not in any work nor gar- 

 den as yet : although a splendid plant 4 feet 

 high, crowded with large scarlet flowers, tubu- 

 lar and bilabiate ; therefore referable to this 

 Genus, unless it is a new one to be called FLA- 



MARIA COCCINEA Raf. 



406. MACR ANTHERA Torrey 1835. Con- 

 radia Nuttal 1834 but not of Martius. Calix 

 deeply 5fid, corolla tubular border 5fid sube- 

 qual. Stamens 4 subequal exserted, filaments 

 hairy, anthers linear sagittate. Style long fili- 

 form, stigma simple or bifid. Capsule ovate 

 acum. polysperm, as in Aureolaria. Peren- 

 nials, leaves opposite divided, flowers axilla- 

 ry racemose yellow on long reflexed incurved 

 peduncles. I adopt the name of Torrey in- 

 stead of Oonradia already twice employed, by 

 myself in 18*25 for my Leptilix Neog. 25 for the 

 American Tofieldas, sec Abama 1st part, and 

 also by Martius, Macranthera is not however 

 a very good name as the anthers are not very 

 long, the name of TOXOPTJS (Raf.) meaning in- 

 curved peduncles would have been better, but 

 the 2 sp. known (and there may be more) ap- 



