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hirsuta. 
coerulea, 
elatior, 
minor. 
serpyllifolia. 
tenella. 
. rolundifolia. 
* 
angustifolia, 
RANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Diodia, 
1p Ma wet places, on road sides : Virginia to Carolina. 
ay. Janse Ang. v.v. Stem ooa purple; flow- 
j^ em white. - 
2. D. undique hirsutissima ; eiiim procumbentibus te- 
tragonis, foliis lineari-oblanceolatis, corollis intus . 
- dense-barbatis, fructibus ovatis hirsutis. 
In sandy fields: Georgia near Savannah. MY. July. v. v. 
Stems very branching ; flowers white, larger than the 
former species. 
134. HOUSTONIA. | Gen. pl. 161. 
1. H. caule erecto setaceo dichotomo, foliis radicalibus spa- 
thulatis, caulinis oblanceolatis oppasitin, pedunculis 
. unifloris elongatis.— JP illd. sp. pl. 1. p. 583. 
Poiretia erecta. Gmel. syst. 263. Anonymas, Walt. fi. 
car. 86. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 370. Pluk. alm. t. 97. f. 9. 
| a. H. caule pedunculisque erectis, floribus ahd cœ- 
ruleis, 
P. H. caule divaricato, floribus plerumque albis. 
From New England to Florida: æ in rocky situations: 
B along the sandy sea-coast. 2f. April, May. v. 2: A 
. Flowers a beautiful blue, sometimes white. , 
2. H. caule procumbente cæspitoso, foliis spathulatis ob- 
tusis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris longis. Mich. 
Jf. amer. 1. p. 85. 
In high mountains, near rivulets and springs: Virginia 
to Carolina, XY. May. v.v. Flowers blue. 
|. S. H. caule repente filiformi, foliis orbiculatis acutis nervo- - T 
sis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris longissimis. 
in high mountains: North Carolina. Lyon. 21 . June. 
v.s. in Herb, Lyon. Flowers purple; smaller than 
the second species, which it resembles very much. 
ACH. dale repente, foliis suborbiculatis abrupte petiolatis t 
- —  erassiuseulis, pedunculis ax pace solitariis unifloris. i. 
—AMich. fl. amer. 1. 0. $5... 
Ere peere Gmel. syst. 263. Anonymos. Wilt. 
car. 25 
Along the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida. Mx. March— >. 
May. v.v. Flowers white; leaves evergreen. l 
5, H. caule erro amino glabro, falis cari 
floribus terminalibus A dp "i I : 
ternis.— Mich. fl. amer. 1, p. 85. 
