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ther sluggish and creeps on the 
ground, I did not see it on trees. 
I refer it to the Genus Stellio, 
but with some doubt, perhaps it 
might form a S. G. Lopherpes , R. 
by its flat body with scales not 
imbricated, and cylindrical tail 
with scales imbricate and cari- 
nate. Lopherpes means reptile 
of the hills. 
Stellio dicyanelis or Lopherpes 
dicijanclis Raf. Head brown 
above, white beneath with some 
black dots, two large blue spots 
on the sides of the throat, back 
cinereous, two rows of large 
brown spots on the sides, belly 
white, tail a little longer than 
body ringed of brown and cine- 
reous. 
Length of the head and body 
3 inches, tail 4, total f inches. 
Head and body flattened with 
small equal scales not carinate 
nor imbricate. Tail cylindrical 
with imbricate carinate scales. 
Feet long with some white and 
black lines behind. C. S. R. 
107. Twenty new genera of plants 
from the Oregon Mountains 8{c. 
By C. S. RAFiNEsquE. 
My friend Dr. John Torrey of New 
York is one of the best Botanists of 
our country; but he is so very cau- 
tious that he will not admit any im- 
provement except after long delays 
and previous precedents. Thus he 
has hesitated to admit the natural 
method of Botany proposedjby Adan- 
son, Jussieu, and even Linneus 80 
years ago, until the Linnean system 
was nearly given up in Europe, and 
discarded in England by Brown and 
Lindley within a few years. He 
employs the same caution with new 
G. and Sp. and hardly dares to pro- ( 
pose any himself. Thus in his valua- 1 
ble account of the 491 plants collect- 1 
ed in or near the Oregon mts. by Dr. ; 
James, published in 1827, he has j 
described many plants in ambiguous 1 
terms as dubious or under wrong ge- 
nera, because he was loath to frame 
N. G. for them. As I have long 
ago established the principle that 
every object of nature must be pro- 
perly located and named in Botany 
and Zoology, 1 have been compelled 
to rectify this omission by forming 
many N. G. and N. Sp. out of his 
plants, for my florula Qregonensis. 
They are. 
1. Epicostorus Raf. (meaning 20 
on torus,) differ from Spirea and 
Neillia. Calix campanulate 5 lobed, 
petals none, stamens 20 inserted on 
a torus and nearly monadelphous at 
the base, pistil stipitate single, one 
style, one capitate stigma, capsul 3 
seeded. E. montanus Raf. Spi- 
rea monogyna of Torrey sp. 11 9. his 
name implies a contradiction. 
2. PsYCROPHiLA Raf. (a G. not S. 
G.) Dec. of Caltha , more like Scot - 
anum Ad.) Sepals 9, stamens 25— - 
30, pistils 12 — 15. Ps. Sagittata , 
or rather Ps . auriculata Rah As I 
doubt whether the Oregon plant can 
be the same as that of Falkland Ids. 
Caltha Sagittata Dec. T. sp. 8. 
3. Isopara Raf. Cleomelta Dec. 
T. Sp. 24. inadmissible G. diminu- 
tive of Cieome. I Me ocicana R. 
4. Cubelium Raf. 1817. my pre- 
vious and better name for the Viola 
concolor must prevail over Solea of 
Ging. T. sp. 26. there is besides a G. 
of fish Solea. Cubelium was an an- 
cient name of a violet. 
x 5. Dimenops Raf. The G. Rra- 
meria must form a family, and the 
anomalous sp. as many G. The Ipc - 
in a has 4 sepals, the Stemeiena only 
3 stamens. This G. sepals 5 une- 
qual,. petals 3 unequal, 2 lunulate, 
stamens 4 monadelphous at base, 
1). lanceolata R, Kr, do T. Sp. 33. 
6. V exibia Raf. Patrinia R. 1817 
but there is another G. Patrinia . 
Calix tubulose, gibbose 4 dentate, 
vexiilum bipartite, stam 10 nearly 
free, pod linear compressed poly 
sperm subtorulose. V. Sericea Raf 
Sophora do Nutal T. Sp. 65, 
7. AcMispoxRaf. (mg point hook- 
