46 Catalogue of Plants 



Walt. With Sprengel I unite Ipomcea with Convolvulus, ndi 

 perceiving in them sufficient characters for generic distinction. 



(44.) Convolvulus tenellus, Lamarck, Ency. 3, p. 535; Willdi 

 Sp.pl. p. S61; non Desrouss.; Convolvulus trichosanthes, 

 Michx.fior. bor. Am. I. p. 137; C. humistratus, Walt. p. 94. 



(45.) Physostegia variegata, J3e^/i.=Dracocephalum varie- 

 gatum,- Vent. 



(46.) Lisymacliia Loomisii, Torr. : " raceme terminal, elon- 

 gated, loose ; sepals linear-lanceolate, half as long as the corolla ; 

 leaves opposite, linear, and lanceolate-linear, crowded, with fas- 

 ciculate smaller ones in their axils. 



" Whole plant smooth. Stem erect, li — 2 feet high. Leaves 

 very numerous, 1 — 3 lines broad, tapering at the base, obtuse, 

 punctate : the principal ones about an inch and a half long, bear- 

 ing in their axils 4 — 6 fasciculate leaflets, or rather short leafy 

 branches. Raceme many-flowered ; pedicels 5 — 8 lines long f 

 spreading. Calyx deeply parted; the segments acute. Corolla 

 yellow ; segments somewhat rhombic-ovate, marked with dark 

 linear spots* 



" Hab. New Bern, H. B. Croom, Esq. 3f Dr. Loomis ! ; 

 Robeson county, North Carolina, Rev. Mr. Curtis / ; Macon, 

 Georgia, Dr> Loomis ! 



" Obs. Nearly allied to L.stricta, Ait., but differs in its much 

 narrower, smaller, and more crowded leaves, as well as in the 

 form and relative length of the sepals and petals." Torrey, 

 MS. 



(47.) Achyranthes polygonoides, Nutt.=A. repens, Ell. In 

 the streets of New Bern. 



(4S.) Laurus Benzoin, Linn. " Piemento," Lawson's Caro- 

 lina, p. 104. It is still known there under the name of Spice^ 

 bush. 



(49.) Quercus laurifolia, Michx. fi. 2, p. 197 ; Q. hemisphae- 

 rica, Bartram. Nuttall {Gen. 2, p. 107) thinks this a doubtful 

 species, while Elliott agrees with Michaux in considering it dis- 

 tinct. I suspect that Nuttall has, by some means, confounded 

 this species with Q. maritima, Willd. to which he (Nuttall) has 

 assigned the character of having its leaves " often sinuately tooth- 

 ed," a character not attributed to this species by any other bo- 

 tanical writer, but which does belong frequently to the leaves of 



