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unequal; actually they are alike in each stamen but those 
of the posterior stamens are smaller. However I am 
convinced that ours must be the plant of Rafinesque, and 
that such an error is due either to a lapse of memory in 
recording his observation or more likely to confusing in 
his dried specimen the sacs of two different stamens. 
This opinion is confirmed by Rafinesque’s inclusion in 
his new genus of Michaux’s plant. However for anything 
less than a certainty and for an untrue name it may be 
unwise to dispossess Bentham’s well-chosen name. 
Tomanthera auriculata (Michx.) Raf. 1. c. 66. 1837. 
Otophylla Michauxii Benth. in DC. Prod. 10: 512. 1846. 
New name for Gerardia auriculata Michx. 
Otophylla auriculata (Michx.) Small, Fl. S.E. Un. St. 1075, 
1338. 1903. 
Agalinits auriculata (Michx.) Blake in Rhodora 20: 71. 
1918. 
Aureolaria auriculata (Michx.) Farwell in Rep. Mich. 
Acad. Sci. 20: 189. 1918. 
Flowering from late August to mid-September, fruiting Sep- 
tember and October. 
Old fields and railway banks, occasional in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania. Certainly introduced from the prairies of the 
Mississippi Valley states. : 
