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Rob. p. 37&. Leaves round cordate petioiate, five 
or six lines in diameter, flowers two lines in dia¬ 
meter, white, anthers bilobe and red. 
Order ii.—Pediculares. 
V. N. G. Enslenia. Raf. Calyx 5 partitus, sepalis 
3 majoribus ; Corolla limbo rotato 5 lobo, lobis 
inequalis, Stamina 5 equalia tubo inserta, antheris 
transversis. Ovarium superum, stylus stamina 
longior, stigmata bina uncinata. Capsula bilocu- 
laris bivalva, polysperma, elastice dehiscens, dis- 
pimento valvulis contraris. Raf. It is by a most 
egregious mistake, that Robin has called this plant 
Polygala : it must form a new genus, which has 
some faint similarities with Verhascum , but the 
stigma, fruit and habit are totally different, and 
agree with the order Pediculares of Jussieu, 
while all the other characters would appear to 
render it a stranger thereto : it will probably be 
the type of a new family next to the family Vero - 
nicia in my natural order Plasyrgia , class Meso ■» 
gynia. I have dedicated it to Enslen, a German 
botanist and traveller, who has visited Louisiana, 
and some of whose discoveries are recorded in 
Pursh’s Flora. 
102. Enslenia bibracteata. Raf. Villosa, foliis oppo¬ 
site, petiolatis, ovato lanceolatis, integris, ner- 
vosis; floribus axillaribus subsessilibus bibrac- 
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teatis. Raf.—Poly gala! Rob p. 378. Stem a 
foot high, quadrangular, grooved, calix hairy, di- 
