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3. Stachys coccinea; caule erecto tetragono obverse piloso hirto, foliis petiolatis superioribus
sessilibus cordato-ovatis obtusiusculis grosse crenato-serratis rugosis villosis, verticillastris
subaphyhis sexfloris contiguis spicatis, calycibus villosis campanulatis dentibus ovatis
acutis pimgentibus, corolla calycem duplo superante extus pilosiuscula.—J a c f.
The colour of the corolla, in the only one Ave have seen, does not appejir red.
1. Iiji^\x%polystachija; caule ramoso aspero, foliis ovatis serratis supra pubescenti-liirtis
subtus incanis, fosciculis florum oppositis breviter pedunculatis in spicas axillares terminales-
que digestís, bracteis late ovatis mucronatis calyce 5-aristato cylindrico brevioribus.—H . B .
K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 2. p . 321 ?
The specimens are in bad condition, and only shoAV one or tAvo upper leaves, Avhich may account for the
difference betiveen the above character aud that given by Kunth.
In addition to the above of this Order, there is a specimen of Avhat may probably be a Salvia.
O r d . X X X IV . V E R B E N A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Verbena Caroliniana; caule diffuso liirsuto quadrangidari foliis cuneato-oblongis
inæqualiter seiTatis scabris, spicis filiformibus paniculatis, calycibus fructiferis campanulatis
fructu paidliun longioribus bracteam subæquantibus.—L in n .—V. biserrata. H . B . K ?
That V. biserrata is the same with V. Caroliniana, as is stated by Sprengel, is rendered probable by there
existing a specimen, fouud by Humboldt, in WiUdenoAv’s Herbarium : the habitat, however, attached to it,
according to Schlechtendal and Chamisso, (Linnæa, v. 5. p. 98,) being « Mora in Mexico,” applies more strictly
to V. veronicoefolia, which seems to differ from the true V. Caroliniana by the roundish stems.
2. Verbena lasiostachys ; caule diffuso hb-suto quadi*angulari, foliis cuneato-ovatis subincisis
duplicato-serratis scabris, spicis filiformibus axillaribus terminalibusque, calycibus
patentim pilosis fructiferis conicis attenuatis fructum plus duplo excedentibus bractea Iurta
longioribus.— L in k ?
Link’s character, as given in Sprengel, is too imperfect to enable us to determine whether our plant be
the same as his ; both are from California. In some points ours approaches to V. canescens. H. B. K.
O r d . X X X V . P R IM U L A C E Æ . Vent.
I. AnagaUis arwwsts. L in n .
O r d . X X X V l. P L U M B A G IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Statice L imonium. L .—var.— S. Caroliniana. Walt.—Pursh.
O r d . X X X V I I . P L A N T A G IN E Æ . Juss.
1. Plantago Camtchatica ; foliis oblongis 5-nerviis glabris remote denticulatis in petiolum
attenuatis, pedunculis teretibus firmis striatis, spica cylindrica villosa basi laxa, bracteis
ovatis, sepalis ovato-rotimdatis, coroUæ lobis lanceolatis acutis ai’genteis, capsula ovoidea
calyce duplo longiore biloculai-i, loculis biovulatis 1-2-spermis.— P. Camtschatica. L in k .
E n . Hort. Berol. p . 120. R a p in , P la n ta g .p . 17.
The aboye character, taken from the specimen before us, shows the s%ht differences between it and the
plant found by Chamisso, its original discoverer.
2. Plantago major. Lin n .
Specimen in a very poor state.
O e d . X X X V I IL N Y C T A G IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Abronia umbellata; foliis oblongis glabris, involucro persistente 5-6-pliyllo multifloro,
perianthii (rosei) tubo elongato limbo laciniis bilobis, staminibus inæqualibus inclusis.—
Lam. III. t. \0 3 .— Hook. Exot. FL t. 194.—T ricratus admii-ablis. V H e r i t.— WUld.— Spr.
The fl'i-ure in the Exotic Flora does not represent the two-lobed segments of the limb of the perianth.
Two other species are found along with this in the sands of the sea-shore in California, both of which,
however, have yellowish flowers : the one is A . latifolia, Eschsch. ; foliis latis subovatis obtusis basi acutis,
involucro 2-3-phyllo paucifloro.—The other is A . arenaria, Menz.; foliis late cordatis, involucro 5-phyllo
multifloro, perianthii limbi laciniis rotundatis undulatis. All the three have glabrous leaves, a persistent
involucre, an elongated tube to the perianth, and the stamens unequal in length, and included within its
tube : by which they form a distinct section from A . parviflora, H. B. K., where the involucre is deciduous,
the tube of the perianth short, the stamens equal in length, and exserted. It is to be regretted, that Eschscholtz
has not given more detailed characters of his A . latifolia ; for with the exception of the colour of the
flowers, there being few Avithin the involucre, and the greater breadth of the leaves, which, however, he
states to be extremely variable in shape, there is scarcely enough to separate it from A . umbellata.
O r d . X X X IX . A M A R A N T H A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Amaranthus hyhridus; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, glomerulis interrupte spicatis, spicis
decompositis congestis axillaribus terminalibusque erectis, perianthii laciniis lanceolato-
subulatis, staminibus quinqué.—L in n .—Pursh, FL Am. v. 1. p . 207.
O r d . X L . C H E N O P O D IEÆ . De Cand.
1. Atriplex arenaria. Nutt.
Folia alterna, oblongo-elUptica, subsessilia integerriraa, obtusa, obsolete trinervia, utrinque albido-fur-
fui-acea ; non nitida. Spicoe breves, axillares. Caulis decumbens, herbaceus, ramosus, angulatus, furfuraceus.
Apparently alHed to A . Sibirica, L. ; but we have not seen the fruit. It agrees with original specimens
of Mr. Nuttall’s A . arenaria in our Herbaria.
2. Atriplex angustifolia. Sm.
1. Chenopodium TWuraZe. Lm n. ?
2. Chenopodium fc ifo lium . Sm. ?
3. Chenopodium ambrosioides. L in n . ?
These tlu-ee species of Chenopodium seem to correspond with the Europæan species of the same name.
O r d . X L I . P O L Y G O N EÆ . Juss.
1. Rumex salicifolius ; ramis decumbentibus, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis subundulatis,
glomerulis spicatis subaphyllis, floribus monoicis, sepalis intemis demum æqualibus oblongis
obtusis integerrbnis unico (quandoque duobus) valde granulifero.— Weinniann, in Bot. Zeit.
V. 4. p . 28.
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