212 Engelmann and Gray, 
13. KnawERIA LANCEOLATA, 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. & 
As the plant appears to be common in some parts of Texas, 
it might become valuable for collection and export.' 
14. DROSERA BREVIFOLIA, Pursh. Galveston Island. April. 
15. HELIANTHEMUM CAPITATUM, Nutt. gi Torr. & Gr. Fl. 
I. p. 151.) H. polifolium, Torr. & Gr. l.c., which name is 
Bibtienpied 1 in the genus. The clusters are seldom capitate. 
ay. 
16. Leonea Dmvwwowpu, Torr. & Gr. Fl. I. p. 154. 
With the preceding. 
17. Hypericum GvMNANTHUM (A. sp): : annuum, wile sim- 
plici vel superne ramoso erecto quadrangulari; foliis € 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 ME the AN of species of this genus, has 
suggested that the natural a of Krameria æ, rather than 
Polygalacee. And, in ww at Pon in 1 apnd the. two glandu- 
tals cover in exstivation the stamens ; they cannot therefore belong to an 
interior circle, as Bentham supposes. The e ovary is one-carpe ( the 
type of Polygalacee) and irregularly one-sided, like the ovary of Leguminose + 
it is imperfectly veas by. the inflection of the placenta, as in some Legimin; 
but in both cases are t ys side by side ; on the on in Po z 
one is before the other. Krameria may, then, be red a pentandrous Teg 
minosa, where one or two stamina are abortive. In K. lanceolata, Pra, it is the lowest 
stamen, à y cien the we connected petals, which is wanting; but, in some idee 
a steri ent occupies this place; it corresponds with the free 1 10th 
most Sila flowers, as the four others, which are united in A. k 
are analogous to the tube of nine connected filaments. The lateral sessile peal 
with the carina, and the three others, whose claws are connected, W 
pin the five sepals alternate with them, as the stamens alternate 
The $c resembles somewhat the indehiscent M od legume of an 
Ona m and, m all the specimens we have examined, it one-seeded when 
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