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  smooth, 
  four 
  to 
  five 
  inches 
  long, 
  irregularly, 
  sparingly 
  and 
  sinuously 
  

   toothed 
  ; 
  flowers, 
  as 
  usual, 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  five 
  brown 
  blotches 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  calix 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  berry. 
  It 
  bears 
  much 
  the 
  aspect 
  

   of 
  Capsicum 
  annuum, 
  and, 
  from 
  the 
  diagnosis, 
  appears 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  che- 
  

   nopodifolia. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  sandy 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas, 
  near 
  Belle 
  

   Point. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  4. 
  P. 
  * 
  mollis. 
  Tomentosa, 
  incana, 
  foliis 
  geminis 
  subrhomboideo- 
  

   ovatis 
  cordatisve 
  sinuato-dentatis 
  longe 
  petiolatis 
  undatis, 
  floribus 
  soli- 
  

   tariis 
  pendulis. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Perennial 
  and 
  herbaceous, 
  the 
  root 
  creeping, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  plant 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  stellate, 
  short 
  and 
  whitish 
  pubescence. 
  

   About 
  twelve 
  to 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  branching 
  above; 
  leaves 
  

   below 
  somewhat 
  cordate-ovate, 
  the 
  upper 
  ones 
  ovate, 
  tending 
  to 
  rhom- 
  

   boidal 
  acute, 
  the 
  margin 
  unequally 
  and 
  sinuately 
  toothed 
  ; 
  flowers 
  soli- 
  

   tary, 
  axillary, 
  ochroleucous 
  ; 
  calix 
  inflated, 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  berry. 
  Be- 
  

   fore 
  flowering, 
  the 
  plant 
  bears 
  very 
  much 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  Rivina 
  humilis. 
  

   — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  sandy 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  Datura 
  stramonium, 
  Lin. 
  

  

  1. 
  Verbascum 
  thapsus, 
  Lin. 
  

  

  2. 
  V. 
  blaltaria, 
  Lin. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  indi- 
  

   genous 
  to 
  America. 
  

  

  CONVOLVULACEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Convolvulus 
  *hastatus. 
  Foliis 
  hastato-pedatis 
  sericeis, 
  laciniis 
  

   intermediis 
  sublanceolatis 
  caeteris 
  multo 
  majoribus. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Root 
  perennial; 
  stem 
  twining, 
  herbaceous 
  and 
  pubescent; 
  

   leaves 
  petiolated, 
  on 
  either 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  hoary 
  and 
  silky 
  

   pubescence, 
  the 
  primary 
  ones 
  simply 
  hastate, 
  the 
  rest 
  partly 
  palmated, 
  

   about 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  commonly 
  producing 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  

   two 
  lateral, 
  reflected 
  and 
  toothed, 
  or 
  almost 
  entire 
  lobes 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  

   segment 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  their 
  length, 
  and 
  double 
  their 
  breadth; 
  

   peduncles 
  solitary, 
  mostly 
  2-flowered, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  leaves, 
  

   the 
  pedicells 
  each 
  producing 
  two 
  bracts 
  ; 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  5-leaved 
  calix 
  

   externally 
  pubescent, 
  imbricated, 
  oval 
  and 
  obtuse, 
  tinged 
  w 
  r 
  ith 
  purple 
  ; 
  

   corolla 
  rose-coloured 
  ? 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  two, 
  filiform 
  ; 
  capsule 
  2-celled, 
  cells 
  

   2-seeded. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  high 
  hills 
  of 
  Red 
  river, 
  contiguous 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  