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culiar having the calix of Panctenis , but sta- 
mens unlike all. 
360, Dasistema auriculata Raf. quite vil- 
lose, stem 4gone ramose, leaves petiolate broad- 
ly lanceolate, the lower auriculate at base, me- 
dial truncate at base, upper acute at base, all 
crenate serrate subobtuse, bracts sessile ova- 
toblong, flowers subsessile, calix crenate — on 
the banks of R. Ohio in West Kentucky and 
Illinois, estival, fine plant 3 or 4 feet high, 
leaves 2 to 4 inches long, flowers large golden 
yellow. 
391. Dasistema macropiiylla Raf. Seyme- 
ria do Nuttal cf»c Erinus pinnatif ? Mg. stem 
ramose, leaves nearly smooth subsessile, lower 
elongate pinnatifid or sinuate, upper lanceolate 
entire, flowers subsessile, segments of calix en- 
tire ovate — found by Nuttal in Ohio, I have his 
specimen in Collins herb, whereby I have as- 
certained what I already surmised, that it is 
really a sp. of this Genus and not Seymeria, 
Nuttal says the stamens are smooth, but involv- 
ed in the wool of the base, he meant the an- 
thers, the filaments being also wooly. Tall 
plant, leaves 3 to 6 inches long, flowers yellow. 
392. SEYMERIA Pursh. Afzelia Gm. not 
Smith. Calix camp, deeply 5fid. subequal, co- 
rolla rotate campanulate deeply 51obed, lobes 
subeqnal, stamens 4 very short subequal quite 
smooth, except at insertion subsessile deflexed, 
anthers oblong smooth emarginate, incumbent, 
two equal cells opening by ovate terminal pores. 
Style filiform declined, stigma obtuse. Capsule 
bivalve ovate 21oc. polysperm, seeds minute. 
Annuals , leaves opp. and alt . small divided , 
flowers axillary yellow — a very distinct Genus 
mistaken by Nuttal who gave the character out 
