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hardly longer oval acute. As pretty 
a§ the old sp. and will be a fine ad- 
dition to our gardens. Brought from 
Carolina or Florida. 
3, JDionea uniflora , Raf 1830. 
Petioles oblong acute winged, Scape 
unifiore, bracts linear. Also from 
the same garden and place, perhaps 
a variety of the last; but smaller, 
leaves shorter and broader. 
C. S. Rafinesque. 
FRANKLIN TREE. 
FRANKLINIA alatama. 
£ 6 . New Plants from Bartramh 
Botanic Garden . 
By C. S. RAFINESQ.UE. 
The Botanic Garden of Bartram, 
at Kinsessing on the Schuylkill, 2 
miles from Philadelphia, is the old- 
est establishment of the kind in N. 
America, begun over 100 years ago 
by the elder Bartram. It is yet in 
a very flourishing state under the 
management of Col. Carr and his 
son; very rich in rare Southern 
plants and shrubs. There have been 
naturalised in Pennsylvania* the 
Franklin tree, Gordon tree, Stewart 
tree, Bigleaf Magnolio, and several 
other Southern trees. In my Medi- 
cal Flora several new plants were 
described from this garden. I now 
propose to give periodically the de- 
scription of many others, which the 
liberal owner has allowed me to ex- 
amine, describe, preserve and draw. 
I may give their figures hereafter; 
meantime I give above that of the 
beautiful Franklin tree, which grows 
with the utmost perfection in this 
garden. The original tree brought 
by Bartram nearly 60 years ago is 
now nearly 40 feet high. All those 
in other gardens come from this 
tree. Their sweet white blossoms 
and orange-like leaves make them 
highly ornamental and prized. 
1 . Veronica precox , Raf. Stem 
diffuse compressed probeseent. Low- 
er leaves opposite, upper alternate, 
on short petioles, ovate-rounded, 
serrate-laciniate, trinerve. Pedun- 
cles axillary solitary longer than 
leaves, capsules compressed ernar- 
ginate. Annual Vernal in March 
and April, lasting only a few months, 
Grown in the garden from seeds re- 
ceived from a place unknown; but 
has spread all over the garden like 
a weed, and even is become sponta 
neous on the banks of the Schuyl 
kill. A pretty small vernal plant 
with delicate large bluish blossoms 
2. Veronica Spar siflor a, Raf. 1830 
Stem erect, simple round solid 
leaves opposite sessile cuneate, ob 
long entire obtuse. Raceme termi 
nal lax very long, flowers scattered 
bracts linear oblong obtuse, pedicels 
filiform. Capsules bilobed subcom 
pressed. Annual native of Arkan 
zas or Texas, received from Prof 
Nuttall. Stem 1 or 2 feet high 
Flowers vernal purpurescent, hand 
some. Corolle rotate, segments of 
the calix unequal oblong obtuse. A 
pretty ornamental sp. 
3. Cotyledon marginatum , Raf. 
Leaves crowded patent sessile spa* 
tulate; oblong acute thick, convex 
beneath, fiat above, margin acute 
brown. Scape terete with % or 0 small 
