146 
ving forgotten the rules of Linneus 
Fhilosophia Botanica he. has men^ 
tioned a Fitis, Cleome , l)alia r Bra - 
chyris without names nor descrip- 
tions, he has some N. Sp.with names 
but no descriptions, and described 
many anonymous N.Sp! These last I 
have named as follows. 
Mriplex torreyana Raf. A. anon 
T. 379. 
Aristolochia coriacea Raf. A. anon 
T. 394, 
Sedum nuttalianum Raf. S. anon 
T. 171. 
Silphium peristenium Raf. S. 
anon T. 239. 
Iberis candicans Raf. T. anon. 
T. 17. 
Toly gala jamesi Raf. F. anon. 
T. SL 
Jusiicia dubia Raf. J. anon T. 
354. 
Anatherix Qvata Raf. and A> an - 
gustifolia R. are both anonymous 
T. 261. 262. 
Through over caution many dis- 
tinct N. Sp. are made mere varie- 
ties, which I have thus rectified. 
Verbena mollis /Raf. Far, of 
Stricta T. 360. 
Chenopodium simplex Raf. Far. 
of hybridmn T. 373. 
Stilingia saiici folia Raf. Far. 
of sylvatica. T. 404. 
Vernonia marginata Itaf. Far of 
altiflima T. 205. 
Jlsclepias laiifoUa Raf . Far. of 
obtusifolia T. 252. 
While the descriptions of some 
sp. evince, that they are different 
from the sp. referred to, and thus 
real N. Sp. 
Cercocarpus montanus Raf. C. 
f other gillidesT. 
Ammania auriculata Raf. A. ra- 
mosior T. 
Gaitra multicaulis Raf. G. coc- 
cinea T. 
Rhodiola iniegrifolia Raf. or Se- 
dum rhodioloides Raf. is Mkodiola- 
rosea T. or Sedum rhodiola . 
Lisianthus luteus R. L. glaucifd- 
lius T. 
Ilydrolea latifolia R. H, spinosa 
Torrey. 
Blephilia beclci Raf. monarda ci- 
liata T. 
Chenopodium nigriin R. CL 
maritimum T. 
Euphorbia missurica R. E. por - 
tulacoides T. 
I must end these remarks by sta- 
ting that the Inula ericoides T.. ; fs a 
Biplogon . 1). ericoides Raf. and 
that the Broiissonetia tinctoria is 
my Toxylon 1817. quite different 
from the Moras tinctoria of the 
West Indies, 
Thus hesitation in science is often 
as injurious as haste. It is even bet- 
ter to have two names for an object 
than no name at all. 
108. Account of 32 Jf. Sp. of plants 
from Florida. 
By C. S. Rafinesque. 
The peninsula of Florida promis- 
es 'to enlarge greatly our Flora, 2000 
sp. at least must be found there, of 
which 1000 may be either new or 
tropical, and 1000 common to the 
other Southern States. Bartrara, 
Williams, and Ware have published 
short catalogues of some. It is said 
that the following Bahama plants 
grow there. 
Cactus coronatus . C. nobilis. C. 
psruvianum , 
Canella alba. Tamarindus indi - 
cus. Myrt us pimento. 
Croton cascavilta. Or. eleutheria. 
With some sp. of the G. Psycho - 
tria, Gardenia, Ficus , Guayacum , 
Cesalpinia^ &c. 
Having seen in gardens and her- 
bate several rare or new sp. of Flori- 
da, I will here describe some of 
them. 
1. Opuntia ( Cactus ) mrilima Raf 
Erect, articles obovate compressed, 
stellated dots with 2 kinds of spines, 
some long subulate stiff hairy at the 
base, some setaceous very small. 
Fruit obovate umbilicate, pulp crim- 
son. On the sea shore from Florida 
to Carolina. Elliot blends this and 
the next as Cactus opuntia . Flow- 
ers yellow in all the sp. 
2. Opuntia (cactus) Bariami Raff 
Erect branched smooth, articles oval 
