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oMongis planis acutis aepe diaiidiatis G. estab- 

 lished 1834, dedicated to Dr Short, 



SHORT! A deutata Raf. Arabia do Nut. Draba 

 do Hooker, Sisytnbr. do Tor. et Arabia ! -'Ken- 

 tucky, Missouri. 



131, SEMETUM Raf. diff. Lepidium, stig- 

 ma sessile bilob. silic. ovatobl. nervosa ad dig* 

 sep. contrario angusta, valvis compressis carina 

 obtusa, loculis 1-2 sp. all my specimens we in 

 fruit, thus dowers unknown, akin to 

 if stamens 2, butsilicle not emarginate. 

 et was an oldname of Lepidium. 



SEMETUM ramosum Raf. ramosa eubdichot. 

 foi. lin. cuneatis acutis glaucis integris, racemis 

 ramosis, pedic. comosis tilif. elongatis proxitnis 

 -Florida, erect smooth, leaves uncial, flowers 

 and silicles very small but profuse, t 



122, DISCOVIUM ohiense Raf. N. G. 1619. 

 Dec. <fcc. Ohio. Thia G. although shown to 

 Torrey in 1826, has not been admitted by him, 

 and merely noticed as doubtful. It is near the 

 last G. but the silicic is shorter not nervose, 

 stigma entire, petals yellow, t 



123, POLYPREMUM squarrosum Raf. P. pro- 

 cumbens L. O perennis, caulib. erectis vel 

 procumb. bisulcatis scabris fol. linearib. mar- 

 gine scabris, internodis longior, florib. sepe term, 

 congestis, bracteis squarosis quaternis Carol. 

 Florida. I have revised this sp. to contrast It 

 with the next. This curiuos G, does not belong 

 to Scrofularides ; but is very near Veronica, 

 differing by habit like Scleranthus, corolla equal 

 and 4 stamens, are they opposited ? when it 

 would be of family Primulides. 



124, Polypr, laxum Raf. annuum, decum- 

 bens, caulib. laxis glabris bisulcatis, fol. lin. lan- 

 ceol. margine glabris, internodis brevior, fl. so- 



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