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NORTH AMERICAN 
acute bivalve as in Agalinis. Same habit an- 
nuals , leaves opposite sessile, flowers axillary 
purplish — A very distinct G. by calix, stamens 
and anthers, corolla as in Seymeria, but purple. 
The name applies to the split anthers. 
387. Tomanthera lanceolata llaf. Erinus ! 
africanus Muhl. stem simple hirsute, leaves lan- 
ceolate acute entire pubescent, flowers subsess- 
ile, segments of calix ovate lanceolate pubes- 
cent — A very rare plant deemed doubtful be- 
cause never described. In Pensylv. and Ca- 
rolina, my specimen of Collins herb, was collec- 
ted by Dr. Cleaver in New Jersey, it is annual 
only 4 inches high, with a thick stem of a dark 
purple, leaves few small 4 to 8 lines long, flow- 
ers large, size of Agalinis tenuifolia, calix sub- 
foliose, corolla smooth. Never met by me in 
25 years of researches! 
388. Tomanthera? auriculata Raf. Ger- 
ard ia do Mx. and all our copists, who have 
never seen it nor described it ! by Michaux 
short account it differs by stem nearly simple 
very rough, leaves ovate lanceolate auriculate, 
flowers quite sessile — in Illinois and also Loui- 
siana : I have not seen it and it must be better 
described. 
389. DASISTEMA Raf. J. Sc. phys. 1819. 
Calix urceolate 5fid, segments unequal foliace- 
ous dentate. Corolla with a short thick tube 
wooly inside, limb rotate Globed, lobes subequal 
concave wooly at the bottom. Stamens 4 didyn 
short wooly, anthers mutic smooth, a 5th sterile 
stamen, style short, stigma clavate. Capsule 
as in Aureolaria, seeds winged. Perennials , 
leaves divided opposite , flowers spicate brac- 
ieate yellow . — -This N, G. of mine disc. 1818 
published 1819 with my 50 N. G. is quite pe- 
