7 2 NemophUa phaccUoidcs. 



possessing a tenaceous and clastic centre. Leaves alternate, pinnati- 

 fid, somewhat succulent, and on the upper surface a little scabrous, 

 segments five or six pair, sub-ovate or lanceolate, acute, partly fal- 

 cate, and presenting a few incisions, petiole ciliated, its internal base 

 lanuginous. Peduncles one-flowered, terete, very long, sometimes 

 near upon a span, and attenuated towards their extremities, at first 

 remote, and coming out opposite the leaves, but at length as the 

 period of inflorescence advances, approximating into a kind of raceme, 

 which is primarily curved. Calix campanulate, ten-cleft, the seg- 

 ments ovate and acute, ciliate, the larger connivent and erect, the 

 exterior much smaller and reflected. Corolla pelviform-campanu- 

 late, flax-flower-blue, the lobes oval and naked, obliquely emarginated, 

 before expansion convolute, the exterior base producing ten purple 

 spots, the internal base furnished with five foveolate, nectariferous 

 cavities, with tomentose margins, bearing the stamina. Stamina 

 about half the length of the corolla, the filaments filiform and 

 smooth. Anthers sagittate-oblong, brownish-yellow. Style one, bifid, 

 below hirsute. Capsule oval, covered by the connivent calix, some- 

 what hirsute, one-celled, four-seeded ; the seeds by pairs alternately im- 

 mersed in a fleshy, succulent receptacle, occupying the whole cavity 

 of the capsule. 



i; Habitat. In the shady woods of Cedar prairie, ten miles from 

 Fort Smith, and from thence in similar situations to the sources of 

 the Pottoe. Flowering in May. 



