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cutis Central America, flowers large incar- 

 nate. One of the plants blended in Nyctago 

 jalapa stated to grow in both Indies, t 



86, LOPEZIA bracteata Raf. ramis virgatis, fol. 

 sparsis petiol. ovaio lanceol. acum. dentatis 

 ciliolatis, racemis foliosis, bracteis similis. pe- 

 dic. equante New Mexico, bipedal, leaves 

 ujicial, peduncles filiform nodding, t 



87, ENDOPOGON pumilum Kaf. fl. te). 196 

 Wasioto hills of Kentucky, N. G. near He- 

 dyotis and the 2 next G. t 



PLETHYRSIS Raf, diff. Hedyotis, caL camp. 

 4part. ineq. foliaceus, cor. infundib. limbo 

 4part. lac. linear, revolutis, tubo intus villoso, 

 stani. 4 eq. filif, basi villosis exertis, stylo fi- 

 lif. stig. 2 linear, capsula coronata 21oc. dis- 

 perma. fl. term, thyrsoideis, herba. The 

 name implies multiplied thyrsus, very dis- 

 tinct inflorescence. 



88, PLETHYRSIS glauca Raf. caule 4gono sea- 

 bro, fol. subsessil. ovatis acutis scabris inte- 

 gris, subtus glaucis, tbyrsis ovatis basi com- 

 positis foliosis, fl. subsessil. bracteis parvis 

 lanceol. Unaka or Iron Mts, of Carolina, 

 flowers handsome incarnate, leaves similar to 

 Cunila mariana. Perhaps Sperrnacoce in- 

 volucrata belongs to same G, but differs by 

 narrow hirsute leaves, and capitate flowers* t 



89,STELMANis glomerata Raf. Oldenlandia et 

 Hedyotis do L. A New Jersey ad Louisiana 

 my G. proposed since 1818 means unequal 

 crown, the generic characters is found in the 

 unequal calix as in Plethyrsis, but the sta- 

 mens are inclosed, stigma sessile capitate, 

 capsule polysperm, seeds trigone &c. 



90, OMONOIA calij ornica Raf. fl. tel. 351 (in 

 1836) Elshotzia do Chamis. non W. Chryseis 



