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of his S. macrophylla, the stamens and pores 
are quite different. Elliot has better under- 
stood the characters and the 3 sp. which I all 
possess. 
393. Seymeria tenuifolia Pursh. N. E. &c. 
Afzelia cassioides Gm. Gerardia afzelia Mx. 
branches terete rough, leaves smooth setaceous 
lower pectinate pinnatifid, upper subentire, flow- 
ers racemose, peduncles subequal to leaves, seg- 
ments of calix linear— Carolina to Alabama, 
stem 3 or 4 feet (Elliot) much branched, small 
slender leaves, calix quite cupular at base with 
rounded sinusses and linear segments, corolla 
with purple dots inside, segments oblong obtuse, 
capsule smooth. 
394. Seymeria pectinata Pursh <$*c, Vis- 
cose pubescent leaves pectinate pinnatifid, seg- 
ments of calix cuneate — Carolina to Florida, 
although Nuttal calls this common, Elliot did 
not see it, and I have fewer specimens than of 
the last. Branched, leaves short, calix with 
deeper and broader segments, sinusses obtuse, 
corolla and capsule pubescent. 
395. Seymeria heterophyla Raf. S. jack- 
soni E. .viscose pubescent, branches virgate, 
leaves oblong lanceolate, lower pinnatifid seg- 
ments oblong the last larger, upper leaves en- 
tire or auriculate, peduncles equal thereto, seg- 
ments of calix oblong deeply parted — a very 
distinct sp. which Elliot deemed doubtful. Ala- 
bama and Georgia, my specimen from Leconte 
C. H, 2 to 4 feet high, branches incurved sub- 
terete, leaves minute very short, calix almost 
5parted, corolla small segments ovate obtuse, 
style short. 
396. DASANTHERA Raf. 1817. Calix 5 
parted unequal, corolla campanul. 51obed une- 
