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characters of the leading groups are not to be had, even when 
North American forms only are considered. Those who imagine 
they could do better than Mr. Watson has done should make 
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defined as destitute of style, but with “ the slightly lobed stigms 
sessile upon the attenuated apex of the ovary.” This 18 really 
The division of Uvularia gives a gratifying opportunity of dedi 
cating a New England genus to the memory of one of the 7. 
of New oy Ange age the late Wm. Oakes — ae f 
fota, with its relative of the southern mountains, 0. puverv’? > 
but he would not have relished the dismemberment of the Linnwam 
