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401. OVOSTIMA Raf. Cal. campanul. 5 

 fid, segments unequal leafy entire. Corolla 

 tubular ventricose smooth limb large spread- 

 ing with 5 lobes subequal rounded. Stamens 

 4 didjn. included, filaments subequal smooth ; 

 anthers obtuse base sagittate bifid bicuspidate 

 21ocul. opening latera!y,sutures pubescent. Style 

 elongate strait, stigma capitate ovatoblong 

 acute nodding. Capsule small inclosed.. jP^- 

 rennial? leaven opposite petiolate, flowers 

 axillary white — a singular Genus partaking of 

 the characters of many akin, but distinct by 

 calix, stigma and white flowers as in Pagesia* 

 The name means ovate stigma. 



402. OvosTiMA PETioLATA Raf. quito smooth 

 stem simple terete purplish, leaves opp. petio- 

 late oblong lanceolate both ends acute, lower 

 repand or with remote unequal obtuse teeth, up- 

 per subentire, flowers subsessile, segments of ca- 

 lix ovatoblong — Florida or Alabama, received 

 without name with many other rare plants. I 

 first called it Aureolaria pallida, but have been 

 able to ascertain it since as a N. G. near Pa- 

 gesia ; I have not the ripe fruit however. Stem 

 sesquipedal, leaves thin pale beneath 2 or 3 

 inches long, flowers large nearly 2 inches long, 

 segments of calix longer than camp, base, co- 

 rolla thin apparently white or very pale ochro- 

 leucous. 



403. RUSSELTA Jaq. Jus. W. not of Lin. 

 junior which is Vahlia. Calix Sparted, corolla 

 tubulose limb spreading bilabiate, upper lip 

 emarginate, lower longer trilobe stamens 4 

 didyn. inclosed. Capsule acum. subuniloc? 

 valves inflexed. Leaves oppos, peduncles ax^ 

 illary flowers red or scarlet — this fine tropi- 

 cal Genus must be added to our F4ora. Gal*- 



