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96 old denominations not being there quoted, each of them occurs twice in Murray's and Gmelin's editions of the Systema; but such repetitions are too frequent in both those writers to excite our wonder at present. M. De Jussieu observes, very justly in my opinion, that the Wulfenia of Jacquin agrees in genus with these last-mentioned plants. This being the cafe, and as they by no means agree with the original Pdderota, it would be befl to range them under that of .n'ulfenia, a name which has every poffible claim to be retained. Pivderota may very well be spared. The plant which firfl: bore that name was previoujly called Hemimerisy as I have already obferved, and is now fo denominated in the Suppkvientum^ along with two others that accord with it in genus. If the name IVulfenii^ fhould be refufed to the plants to which I would apply it, they muft be called Buonarotta^ merely on account of priority ; for I know of no other claim to fuch an honour in the Florentine fenator after whom Micheli named them.

The generic charaders oiWulfetila and Hcmimeris may be exprefljed as follows :

WULFENIA.

Diandr'ta Monogynlay next to Veronica. Corolla tubulofa, ringens. Calyx quinquepartitus. Capfula bilocii- laris, quadrivalvis.

The fpecies are, J. W. Buonarotta, caule foliofo, corolla labio fuperiore indivifo. 1. fF. Jgeria, caule foliofo, coroUae labio fuperiore emarginato. 3. IV. carinthiaca^ caule nudo, foliis crenatis.

HEMIMERIS.

DiJynamia Angiofpermiay next to Antirrhinum. Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla rotata, refupinata, bafi gibbofa, hinc fiiTa. Filamcnta glabra. Capfula bilocularis.

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