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CENTURIA II. 

 101. VESTIA vel LEV ANA Raf. cal. ur- 

 ceol. tubul. 5dent. dentib. subineq. brevis. cor. 

 tubulosa elongata subclavata basi angustiora, 

 limbo Sfido vix patens, lac. acutis, stam, 5 ex- 

 ertis ineq. filif. antheris subrot. 2Joc. stylo simi- 

 lis, stigma truncatum. Fruct .... Frutejc, 

 foL alt fl, term,— Very distinct G. sent me 

 under 2 names Vestia lycioides and Blairia 

 pentandra, I find neither in my Authors, it is 

 certainly not a Blairia ! I dont know who ^- 

 tablished Vestia, 1 give Levana (a nymph) as 

 a synonym, in case it is also a blunder. The 

 G, appears akin to the many blended in Ly^ci- 

 um if the fruit is a berry, the unequal stamens 

 are a character of this group, omitted by over- 

 sight in my reform fl. tel. 261 to 278, thus form- 

 ing a family Lycioides distinct from Ilexides ; 

 the Convolvulides differ by capsule and oppo-* 

 site stamens. 



Vestia lycioides vel Levana uniflora Raf. 

 glaberrima, fol. sessilib. oblongis obtusis integris 

 uninervis glaucis. basi cuneatis acutis, ramulig 

 apice nudis unifloris— fine African shrub, leaves 

 uncial, some smaller ones obovate In the axils 

 flower large biuncial, white or incarnate, nod- 

 ding in anthesis. t 



102, Therofon napelloides Raf. n. fl. 902. 

 Boykinia aconitif. Nut. non Boykinia Raf pre- 

 vious— Mts. Unaka of Carolina, t 



103, Calymenia granulata Raf glaberrima, 

 fol, angusto lanceol. basi acutis, apice obtusis, 

 utrinque granulatis, margine flexuoso, fl. axil, 

 soht. lac. perianth, ovatis acutis membranosis 



