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Raf.—Grand Mozambe lilas Rob. p. 469. This 
beautiful plant has been introduced from Mexico 
into the gardens of Louisiana. Stem four or live 
feet high, bushy, leafy, folioles of the leaves re¬ 
gularly smaller laterally, racemes one or two feet 
long and six inches in diameter, peduncles red, as 
well as the petals when young, and becoming gra¬ 
dually white, which affords a beautiful appear¬ 
ance, flowers very large, probably with the same 
structure as in the foregoing. 
Order V. —Sapjndi, 
277. Cardiospermum haliccacabum L. 
Order VI. —Acera* 
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278. Paviana Jlava Raf. iEsculus flava, Wild. L, 
Pursh.—Pavia a fleurs jaunes Rob. p. 470. Shrub 
15 to 20 feet high, bushy, irregular, grows near 
Pensacola, blossoms in April. 
279. Paviana coccinea Raf. ABsculus pavia L.—Pa¬ 
via a fleurs rouges Rob. p. 470. A smaller shrub. 
280. Acer rubrum L. Rob. p. 471. It rises over 
60 feet, blossoms in March, it is dioical and mo- 
noical. 
Order VIII. —Hyperica. 
&$t. Ascyrum grandiflorum Raf. Caule frutescens, 
ramis teretis gracilis, foliis sessilibus oblongis 
