4 Engelmann and Gray, 
13. Krameria tanceouata, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. New 
York, II. p.168. The root of Krameria lanceolata is ligne- 
ous, 2 to 3 lines thick, and very long, of a dark red color, 
and has the same chemical and medicinal properties as the 
South American Ratanha, (root of K. triandra, R. & P.) 
As the plant appears to be common in some parts of Texas, 
it might become valuable for collection and export.’ 
14. Drosera Brevirouia, Pursh. Galveston Island. April. 
15. Hexranrnemum capitatum, Nutt. (ex Torr. & Gr. Fl. 
I. p. 151.) H. polifolium, Torr. & Gr. l. c., which name is 
preoccupied in the genus. ‘The clusters are seldom capitate. 
May. 
16. Lecuea Drummonnu, Torr. & Gr. Fl. I. p. 154. 
With the preceding. 
17. Hypericum eyMNaNTHUM (n. sp.): annuum, caule sim- 
plici vel superne ramoso erecto quadrangulari; foliis e basi 
cordata ovatis ovati-oblongisve amplexicaulibus 5—7-nerviis 
pellucido-punctatis; cyma dichotoma pedunculata strictius- 
cula laxiflora aphylla, nempe foliis floralibus in bracteis parvis 
lanceolato-subulatis diminutis; floribus pedicellatis; sepalis 
lanceolatis acutis petala superantibus; staminibus 10-12; 
1 Professor A. Braun, after examining the flowers of species of this genus, has 
suggested that the natural affinity of Krameria is with Leguminosae, rather than 
with Polygalacee. And, indeed, at least in this species, the two lateral glandu- 
lous petals cover in estivation the stamens; they cannot therefore belong to an 
interior circle, as Bentham supposes. The ovary is one-carpellary (against the 
type of Polygalacez) and irregularly one-sided, like the ovary of Leguminose ; 
it is imperfectly bilocular, by the inflection of the placenta, as in some Leguminose ; 
but in both cases are the cells always side by side ; on the contrary, in Polygalacee 
one is before the other. rameria may, then, be considered a pentandrous Legu- 
minosa, where one or two stamina are abortive. In K. lanceolata, it is the lowest 
stamen, opposite the three connected petals, which is wanting; but, in some flowers, 
a sterile filament occupies this place; it corresponds with the free 10th stamen of 
most papilionaceous flowers, as the four others, which are united in K. lanceolata, 
are analogous to the tube of nine connected filaments. The lateral sessile petals 
correspond with the carina, and the three others, whose claws are connected, with 
the ala and carina; the five sepals alternate with them, as the stamens alternate 
with the petals. The fruit resembles somewhat the indehiscent spiny legume of an 
Onobrychis; and, in all the specimens we have examined, it is one-seeded when 
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