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visions lanceolate acute, corolla violet, stamina 
and anthers white, ovary and fruit oval oblong; 
in blossom from October to February ; Robin 
mentions two varieties of this plant, one with 
white flowers, another very hairy all over. 
103. Phlox amplexicaulis. Raf. Caulibus gracilis pu- 
bescentibus, teretibus assurgentibus, foliis am¬ 
plexicaulis lineari subulatis rigidis ; panicula con- 
fertiflora, calyx striatus pilosus, dentibus ova- 
tis acuminatis, corolla tubo filiformi, laciniis spa- 
tulatis. Raf.—-Manulea ! Rob. 379. Another mis¬ 
take of Robin ; this plant is a real Phlox , akin to 
P. pilosa. Stems a foot high, flowers lilac on short 
peduncles, blossoming in April. 
Order hi.—Acanthi. 
104. Acanthus ? rubens. Raf. Foliis inermis moliF 
bus, latis sinuatis, amplexicaulis. Raf.—Ac. mol¬ 
lis. Rob. p. 380. This plant is certainly not the 
A. mollis of Europe, I even suspect it is not an 
Acanthus , no species of this genus being known to 
grow in America; it is perhaps a Podicularis; but 
as Robin does not describe it at length, I am un¬ 
able to decide. The stem rises three or four feet, 
and the flowers are pale red : it grows plentifully 
on the banks of the Mississippi near New-Orleans. 
There is a smaller variety, with the leaves still 
more sinuated, and the flowers more distant. 
VI. N. G. Nibqra. Raf. Calyx 4 partitus persistens. 
Corolla tubo curvo intu£ pilosus, limbo 4 fide 
