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HYDROPHYLLUM canadense. 
Canadian Water-leaf. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BORAGINEÆ. Jussieu gen. 128. Div. II. Fructus uni aut 
bicapsularis. 
HypnornyrtLEX. Brown. MSS. 
Oss. Distincti (à Boragineis nemp?) ordinis initia constituunt genera 
capsularia Нхрворнуглтом, РНАСЕТЛА et ELLISIA, ob albumen copiosum 
cartilagineum, et folia composita о. alte lobata. Brown prod. 492. 
HYDROPHYLLUM. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. campanulata 5-fida, 
intüs sulcata striis 5 melliferis marginatis, staminum filamenta amplexantibus. 
Stam. exserta, antheris oblongis incumbentibus. Stig. bifidum. Caps. 
globosa 1-loc. 1-sperma, seminibus 9 abortivis. Негр; fol. palmata aut 
semipinnata ; flores corymbosi corymbis pedunculatis terminalibus aut subop- 
positifoliis. Juss. l. с. 199. 
H. canadense, hirsutum ; foliis lobato-angulosis, fasciculis florum confertis. 
Pursh amer. sept. 1. 134. 
Hydrophyllum canadense. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 908. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 815. 
Hort. Kew. 1. 197. ed. 2. 1. 313. Lamarck illustr. 1. 426. t. 97. fig. 2. 
Michaux bor. amer. 1. 133. 
Herba perennis. Caulis subspithameus, teres, subangulosus, hirsutus 
rubro-fuscescens, distanter foliosus. Folia alterna, longè petiolata, subreni- 
Jormi-rotunda, septemloba transverse latiora, lobis acutis acutè dentatis vix ad 
ultrà tertiam partem lamine divisis, suprà hirsuta subtùs glabra, siná lato ad 
basin. Flores cymoso-paniculati, cymis axillaribus et terminalibus multifloris 
longioribus foliis. Cal. herbaceus, 5-partitus, turbinato-campanulatus, duplo v. 
ultrà brevior corollá, foliolis subulatis. Cor. albicans, oblongo-campanulata, 
non 5 partem uncia profunda, 5-fida e tubus fer? duplo longior limbo, 5-gonus 
nervis 5 cum angulis alternis, intus sulcis 5 melliferis lamella prominulá utrinque 
marginatis descendentibus de juxtà infra medium cujusque limbi lacini@ ad imum 
tubi ; limbus erecto-patens, equalis, laciniis ovato-rotundatis. Fil. imo tubo 
inserta, alba, setiformia, erecta, duplo feré longiora corolla, medio pilosa: 
anth. fusce, sagittato-oblonge, breves, obtuse, incumbentes. Germ. superum, 
conicum, parvum, "virens, obtusum, apice hirsutum, inferné supra basin 
annulo crasso glanduloso obsoleté toruloso cinctum: stylus glaber, albus, 
setaceus, cequalis staminibus : stig. breve, bifidum, obtusum. 
Нуркворнуг ом, Pace, and Елалата, ranked by Jus- 
sieu in the Boraginew, are proposed by Mr. Brown as the 
foundation of a separate order, by the name above quoted. 
They аге distinguishable from their former co-ordinates, by 
a capsular fruit, a copious cartilaginous albumen, and a 
compound or else deeply lobed foliage. 
The present species grows on wet rocks and shady 
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