figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 105 



bogs in Middle Florida, by Dr. Clapman. Flowers in Septem- 

 ber. 



Dr. Torrey received specimens of this plant from Major Le 

 Conte, marked "a new genus, allied to Gerardia." He proposed 

 for it the name of Macranthera; "but refrained from publishing 

 it, in the expectation that the discoverer himself would describe 

 it, which, however, he declined doing, kindly permitting me the 

 favor of making known to botanists this interesting addition to 

 our Flora." A second species was a short time after received 

 from Dr. Gates of Alabama, specimens of which were distrib- 

 uted by Dr. Torrey, under the name of Macranthera; but be- 

 fore he was prepared to publish his account of the new genus, 

 Mr. Nuttall described it in the Journal of the Academy of Phil- 

 adelphia, (vol. VIII, p. 88, t. 2 and 12,) under the name of 

 Conradia fuchsioic/cs, he not being aware that there was a ge- 

 nus by this name. Mr. Bentham, in his revision of the order 

 Scrophulariaceae, has adopted Dr. Torrey's name as Mr. Nut- 

 tail's, but Sir W. J. Hooker has corrected the error in the 

 Companion to the Botanical Magazine, in a recent synopsis 

 of the Gerardiece. 



Macranthera differs from Gerardia in its deeply parted calyx; 

 tubular corolla, with a small spreading border and exserted sta- 

 mens. Like most of the tribe Gerardieoj, both species of the 

 Macranthera turn black in drying. It is a fine plant, and if it 

 can be made susceptible of cultivation we hope it will soon be 

 introduced to our gardens. We hope Dr. Torrey will furnish 

 some of his friends with the seeds of the M. Lecontn if he has 

 them. 



A.MPHIA'NTHUS pusillus Torrey 



An annual herbaceous plant, throwing up filiform scapes, with 

 solitary, minute white flowers. Found in small excavations on 

 flat rocks, when the soil is wet, during the summer flowering 

 season: Newton County, Ga. : flowers in March and April: by 

 Dr. Leavenworth. We annex the characters of the genus only. 



Generic character. Calyx, 5-parted and unequal. Corolla, 

 tubular, infundibuliform: limb somewhat bilabiate, 4-lobed; infe- 

 rior lobe somewhat larger. Stamens, two, superior included: 

 inferior ones wanting. Style, simple; stigma, minutely bifid. 

 Capsule, obcordate, compressed, 2-valved, opening at the sum- 

 mit; valves entire. Seeds, numerous, naked, anatropous. 



Nearly allied to Veronica, but differs in its tubular infundibuli- 

 form, 5-lobed and somewhat bilabiate corolla. The most re- 

 markable character of the plant is its two-fold inflorescence, on 

 short naked pedicils, which originate among the radical leaves, 

 while others are supported on long, capillary, bibracteate scapes. 

 The flowers in both situations perfect. Probably of but little 

 beauty, from its minute flowers, but interesting to botanists. 



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