32 Bartonia ornata. 



flowers, and the leaves are not so glaucous as those of B. ornata. In 

 every other respect Pursh remarks, the description of ornata is appli- 

 cable to B. nuda, with little deviation. In the latter species the num- 

 ber of petals is variable from ten to fifteen. 



The table represents a flowering specimen as large as nature. 



