CENT. 11. 17 



obfk>ngi$ planis acutis se^ dimidiatis — G. estab* 

 lished 1834, dedicated to Dr Short. 



Short! A. deutata Raf. Arajbis do Nut. Diaba 

 do Hooker, Sisytiibr, do Tor. et Arabis !— -Ken- 

 tucky, Missouri. 



131, SEMETUM Raf. diff. Lepidium, st%. 

 ma sessile bilob. silic. ovatobl. nervosa ad dis- 

 sep. contrario angusta, valvis compressis carina 

 obiusa, locuHs 1-2 sp. — all my specimens «re in 

 fruit, thus dowers unknown, akin to IHieptiutn 

 if stamens 2, butsilicle not emarginaite. Sem- 

 et was an oldname of Lfepidium. 



^JEMETUM ramosum Raf. ramosa subdichot. 

 fol. lin. cuneatis acutis glaucis integris, racemis 

 ramosis, pedic. comosis filif. elongatis proximis 

 — Florida, erect smooth, leaves uncial, flowers 

 and silicles very small but profuse, t 



122, DiaeoviuM ohieme Raf. N. G. 1619. 

 Dec. (fee. — Ohio. This G. although shown to 

 Torrey in 1826, has not been admitted by him, 

 and merely noticed as doubtful. It is near the 

 last G. but the silicle is shorter not nervose, 

 stigma entire, petals yellow, t 



123, PoLYPREMUM squarrosutit Raf. P. pro- 

 cumbens L. O— perennis, caulib. erectis vel 

 procumb, bisulcatis scabris fol. linearib. mar- 

 gine scabris, internodis longior, florib. sepe term, 

 congestis, bracteis squarosis quaternis — Carol. 

 Florida. I have revised this sp. to contrast It 

 with the next. This curiuos G, does not bebng 

 to Scrofularides ; but is very near Veronica, 

 differing by habit li4(e Scleranthus, corolla equal 

 and 4 stamens, are they opposited ? when it 

 would be of family Primulides. 



124, Polypr, laxum Raf annuum, decum- 

 bens, caulib. laxis glabris bisulcatis, fol. lin. lan- 

 ceol. margine glabris, internodis brevior, fl. so- 



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