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cocoa 3 sp. lot axis centralis 
3 alato persist. Coccis deci- 
duis, seminib. croceisobovatis. 
basi truncat. liilo impressis, la- 
tere utrinq. angul- B. hirla Raf. 
1820. Caule erecto simpl. gra- 
cile striato scabro, apice hir- 
to, Fol. oppos. apice alt. pe- 
tiol. hirtis, ovatis obtusis, obt. 
dentatis, imis ov. lane. acum. 
Umbella term, sessil. 11. brevi 
ped. involucre triphyl, fol. si- 
mil. s* sessil. bract- lanceol. fl 
mixtis. Per- ext. s. cal. viride. 
Per. int. & stain, albis.- — Ped- 
ale. v . v- I have destroyed all 
my specimens except one to 
study this singular G. which 
is very near to Euphorbia ant 
Tragia , here the Cor. or ext 
Per. is free not glued with 
the external, Stain, persist 
thus illustr. their structure. 
20. Evax verna Raf. Canes- 
cens sericea, Caule gracile sub* 
ramoso Fol. laxis semiamplex 
obi. obtusiusc. infimis cuneatis, 
Fl. solit term, bract, ineq. fol. 
similis, periantho semiglob, 
squamis paucis subrot — Tex- 
as & Louisiana, triuncial, fl. 
white, floscules greenish. 
21. Silphium trachopus Raf 
Caule tereto lutescens glabro 
ramoso, Fol, oppos. amplex. 
ovatobl. acut. s. acum. integr. 
scabris, Fl. corymb, ped. sca- 
bris. Perianth, segm. ovatis 
aculis non ciliatis, rad. 20. obi. 
obt. — Fine sp. 
22. Chrysanthemum angus- 
tifolium Raf. Caule filif. flex- 
uoso apice nudo fol. infimis 
lineari cu neat is subserratis, 
imis linearib. integris remotis, 
fl. term. solit> parv. 8 radiatis'linearib. The Pontederia land 
albis. — Pedal slender, with 
small white flowers. 
23. Kerner a Simplex , Raf, 
glabra, caule simpl. fol. lane, 
sagitt. amplex. obtus. imis lin- 
earib. non sagitt. raceme brev. 
fl. nutant. oehroleucis. — Semi- 
pedal, annual. I adopt the old 
G of Medic for the Camelina 
of later Botanists. 
Nov Plant Texensis , <§*c. 
Monocot 
24. Cypripedium bijidum Raf. 
Glabrum, caule ifl. fol. fl. lon- 
gior, obi. long, acum* bractea 
lane. fl. longior, Petalis undul. 
lane, patulis, binis intends re- 
flexis angustis, labellum par- 
vus brevior obov. infl. Andro- 
phorum bigibboso obtuso bi- 
fido — Small plant flower pro- 
bably yellow, brown in the 
dry state, leaves 4 to 5 inches 
by 1 or 2, striate multinerve. 
Arkanzas. 
25. Sisyrinchium jiliforme. 
Raf. Glaucum Caule filif. bia- 
lato, unifolio, unifl. folia fl. eq. 
graminea august, carinata, 
path a bivalv. subeq. lanceol. 
pedunc. elongato filif. ovar. 
obov. fl. majusc. albo — Semi- 
pedal Arkanzas. 
26* Acorns Jlexuosus Raf. Pu- 
milus, fol gramineis angustis- 
simis scapo brevior scapo 
elongato flexuoso triqueter, 
uno latere concavo, apice foli- 
aceo gladiato, spica teres er- 
ecta obt — Pedal. 
27. TJnisema lancifolia Raf. 
Fol. ellipt. s. obi. lane, basi 
integr. rotund, s. atten. apice 
subacut caule gracil, Corollis 
