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HYDROPHYLLUM vir^nicum. 



Virginian Water-leaf. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI^. 



Nat. ord. Boragine^. Jussieu gen^ 128. Dm- //. 



HyDROpHYLLE-ffi. Btovm ined, 



Obs. Distincti (^ Boraginek nempd) ordinis initia constituunt geifna 

 capsularia Hydrophylluw, Phacelia, et Ellisia, ob albumen copioeaqi 

 cartilagineum, et folia coraposita v. alte lobata. Br&wnprod. 492. 



HYDROPHYLLUM. Suprd vol. S.fol. 242. 



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a* vir^inicumy glabriusculum ; foliis ptnnatifidis ovalUIanceolatis inciso-wr- 

 ratis, fascicuHs fiorum conglomeratis. Pursk amer, sepU 1.134. 



Hjdrophyllum virginicum. Lin, sp, pL 1. 208; (virginianum), Miil. diet, 

 ed, 8. Hart. Keu), 1. 197- ed, 2. 1- 313. Michaux lot. amer. 1. 134- Ijk- 

 march illustr. U 97. Jl 1. Sckkuhr kandb, 1. 114, U 35. Willd. sp.pl. I. 

 814. 



Hydrophyllum Morini. Toum.inst. 81. MilL diet. ed. 7* 

 Hydrophyilum- Gto». virg. ed. 2. 26. 

 Hydrophyllum floribus speciosis albis. Clayt. n. 291* 



^Qxh^ perennisy scabrius pubescens, raaice fibrosa. Fol. radicalia plttra^ 

 erecta, piunalifiday immersi venosa, lobis 3-7, horizontalihuSf recurvisf ob' 

 lon^Q4anceolattS9 superne serraiis^ sub^uncialibus, imis 2 s€Bpi bidigitato' 

 incisist terminali latiori^ inferri^ cuneato, haud rarb 34obatim'diviso ^ petiolus 

 ereclusy subsemiteres, tn/emi livido-purpurascenSf subsesundalis v. pturtmum 

 longior laminS. Caulis uix S-uncialist fiexnosus^ distanter snb^oliatus, eras- 

 sUtidine substantia et colore feri petiolorum^ Jbliis munitus radicaHum con-' 

 Jarmibus, minoribus tamen^ infiorescentiA remotis. Pedunculi subbini, termi- 

 naleSf suprh racemosiy phirifiorit floribus secundo^ymosis longiori&us pedicel- 

 lis ajypressi hirsutis. Cal. herbaceus, S-partiius, extus appressi ptlosus^ seg- 

 mentis lineari'subulatzs^ ad basin usque refiexis. Cor. albtdaf ^ unciiB v. ctr- 

 citir jprofuTida^ oblongo-campanulata^ infra medium usque S-fida ; limbi 

 lacinizs erectis oblongis obtusuy nerve medio dorsali ; tubo sulcis 5 intermt 

 longitudinalibus mellt/eris filamentorum intermediis ntarginatis cum Idhris con-' 

 niventibus, Fil. subduplo longiora coroUdy aqualiay erecta^ filiformia, medio 

 pilosa, basi Caroline inserta : anth. o&long^y Jiisc^y incumbentesj poUine ockra- 

 leuco. Germ, puis albis erectis hirsutum^ subrotundum .- BtyluB albus^ filifiyr- 

 ms, strictus : stig. 3 v. 2, erectO'patentia brevia teretiafine prunioso. 



Two species of this genus have been introduced into our 

 collections, of which the other has been already published 

 in this work. Both, are hardy perennials and natives of 

 North America. The present was cultivated by Miller at 

 the physic garden, Chelsea, in 1739. 



Roughishly pubescent: root fibrous. Root-leaves several, 

 upright, pinnatifid, imraersedly veined; lobes 3-7, horizon- 

 tal, recurved, oblongly lanceolate, serrate at the upper 



