104 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants 



Nuttall, and that it was a new species of jE'mpetrum itself, or 

 possibly of Ceratiola; but the want of more perfect specimens, 

 and especially of the fertile flowers, prevented my determining- 

 the genus with certainty until the present spring. About two- 

 years ago I made a visit to the locality at Cedar Bridge, pointed 

 out to me by Mr. Rafinesque, for the purpose of obtaining the 

 fruit. A large patch of it was found about one hundred yards 

 south of the western tavern, near the road-side, and, on further 

 search, a considerable quantity was discovered about four hun- 

 dred yards south-east of the same tavern, in an open sandy 

 space; but I was unsuccessful in my search for the fructification. 

 It is a true evergreen, growing prostrate in the pure white sand 

 of that singular region, and forming dense circular mats, a yard 

 or two in diameter. The following year I procured a supply of 

 the living plants, which, under the care of my friend A.. J. 

 Downing, Esq., of Newburgh, have lately produced abundance 

 of pistillate blossoms, but, for want of the staminate flowers, 

 they will prove abortive." 



It seems singular that such a plant should have remained sa 

 long unknown, when New Jersey has been explored by so many 

 botanists; but many of the plants of the pine barrens are ex- 

 tremely local. De la Pylaie, in an account of his botanical dis- 

 coveries in Newfoundland, published in the Transactions of the 

 Linnaan Society of Paris^ enumerates the E. rubrum, noticed 

 in our I, p. 423. It possibly may be the E. Conradri; for, if 

 identical w'ith the E. rubrum, a South American species, it af- 

 fords a remarkable example of the geographical distribution of 

 plants. We hope Mr. Downing will give us some account of 

 the success which he experienced in cultivating the E. Conradii.. 



ScrophularidcccB. 



MACRA'NTHERA Lecuiitu Torrey 



Specific character. Root, perennial. Stem, herbaceous, from 

 two to three feet high, simple, somewhat pubescent, obtusely 

 quadrangular. Leaves, nearly smooth on both sides. Flowers^ 

 in a terminal raceme, erect. Peduncles, about an inch long, de- 

 clined at the base, and curved upwards towards the summit. 

 Calyx, sub-campanulate, deeply cleft, about one third the length 

 of the corolla. Corolla, deep yellow, an inch long, and 2 — 3 

 lines diameter, somewhat cylindrical and incurved, of a thick 

 and pretty form and texture; border 5-toothed; segments ovate, 

 oblong, spreading. Stamens, nearly equal, at first included, but 

 at length much exserted, scarcely declined; filaments, woolly, 

 rather thick; anthers, sagittate. Ovary, ovate. Style, long and 

 slender. Stigma, simple. Capsule, short, ovate. 



A most beautiful plant, found in dry pine woods, on the Alta- 

 maha, in Liberty Country, Ga., by Major Le Conte, and in 



