6(5 NORTH AMERICAN 



acute bivalve as in Agaliiiis. Sajiie habit an- 

 nuals, leaves opposite sessile^ floivers axlUaiy 

 purplish — A very distinct G. by calix, stamens 

 and anthers, corolla as in Seymeria, but purple. 

 The name applies to the split anthers. 



387. To>iA!STHERA LANCEOLATA Raf. Erinus ! 

 africanus Miihl. stem simple hirsute, leaves lan- 

 ceolate acute entire pubescent, flowers subsess- 

 ile, segments of calix ovate lanceolate pubes- 

 cent — A very rare plant deemed doubtful be- 

 cause never described. In Pensylv. and Ca- 

 rolina, my specimen of Collins herb, w^as collec- 

 ted by Dr. Cleaver in New Jersey, it is annual 

 only 4 inches high, with a thick stem of a dark 

 purple, leaves few small 4 to 8 lines long, flow- 

 ers large, size of Agalinis tenuifolia, calix sub- 

 foliose, corolla smooth. Never met by me in 

 25 years of researches! 



388. TOMANTHERA? AITRICULATA Raf, Gcr- 



ardia do Mx. and all our copists, who have 

 never seen it nor described it ! by Michaux 

 short account it differs by stem nearly simple 

 very rough, leaves ovate lanceolate auriculate, 

 flowers quite sessile — in Illinois and also Loui- 

 siana : I have not seen it and it must be better 

 described. 



389. DASISTEMA Raf. J. Sc. phys. 1819. 

 Calix urcsolate ofid, segments unequal foliace- 

 ous dentate. Corolla with a short thick tube 

 wooly inside, limb rotate 5lobed, lobes subequal 

 concave wooly at the bottom. Stamens 4 didyn 

 short wooly, anthers mutic smooth, a 5th sterile 

 stamen, style short, stigma clavate. Capsule 

 as in Aureolaria, seeds winged. PerennialSy 

 leaves dimded opposite, flowers spicate brae- 

 tea te yellow, — This N, G. of mine disc. 1818 

 published 1819 with my 50 N. G. is quite pe- 



