Philadelphus.] PHILADELPHE^. 219 



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apice tubi orta, dentibus erectis alterna. Stamina e medio aut basi calycis orta petalorum 

 nuinero dupla aut aqualia aut abortu pauciora. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. 

 Capsula oblonga caljce tecta, bilocularis, polysperma. Flacentm crasso septo adnatae. — 

 Herbae aut rarius frutices. Folia Integra. Flores axillares pnrpurei aut alhL DC. 



1. Z. Salicaria; foliis lanceolatis basi cordatis, floribus spicatis subsessillbus. Linn. Sp, 

 PL p. 600. Engl Bot. t. 1061.— /3. pubescens. Piirsh, 17. Am, v. h p. 334. De Cand. 

 Pwdr. V. 3. p. 83. Torrey^ Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p, 471. 



Hab. /3. Canada. Pursh. Wet meadows, abundant, in Upper Canada. Douglas. 



2. L. alatum; foliis oppositis ovato-oblongis acutis basi subcordatis arete sessilibus aut 

 s ubpetiolatis, ramis virgatis tetragono-alatis, floribus sessilibus minute bracteolatis erectis 

 6-petalis 6-andris. DC. — Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 334. Elliott, CaroL v. 1. p. 545. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1812. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. \. p. 303? De Cand. Prodr. v. B. p. 81. — L. Vulneraria. 

 Schrank, PL Mar. Monac* t 27. — L. Kennedyanum.' Ilumb. et Kmitk, Nov. Gen. v, 6. 

 p. 194. 



Hab. Canada. Mr. Goldie.^-Thc L. Hyssopifolia is also probably a native of the British Settlements, 

 though I have not seen specimens, and have no authority for introducing it. I possess plants of it from the 

 ueighboxirliood of Boston, U. S. gathered by Dr. Boott. 



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Calyx bemisphserico-campanulatus basi ebracteatus, lobis 5 erectis, sinubus 5 alternis 

 patentibus corniformibus. Petala 5 lobis erectis alterna. Stamina 10 quorum 5 longissima. 

 Ovarium sessile subglobosuni 3-loculare. Capsula calyce obtecta. . Semina minuta aptera. 

 — Herba Boreali- Americana, pubescens. Folia opposita aut 3 verticillata. Pedunculi 

 B-aut plurifiori ad originem pedicelloritm Ubracteati. Petala purpurea, DC 



1. D. verticillatus. Elliott, CaroL v, I. p. 544. De Cand. Prodr. v, 3. p. 90. — D. aquati- 

 cus. Gjnel. Syst. Nat. p. 677. — Lythrum verticillatum. Linn. Sp. PL />. .641. Mich. Am, 

 V. 1. p. 281. Pursh, FL Am. v. 1. p. 334. Torrey, FL of Un. St v. 1. p. 471. BigeL FL 

 Bost. ed. 2. p. 188. — Anonymos aquatica. Walt. Cat. p. 137. — Nessea verticillata. Humh. 

 et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am, v. 6. p. 191, 



Hab. Marshy places, Canada. Pursh. 



No plant of the Nat. Obd. Melastomacece, has, to my knowledge, been found in Canada. Boston sooms 

 to be the northern limit of the Rhexia Virginica. 



Ord. XXXIV. PHILADELPHE^. Don, De Cand. 



1. PHILADELPHUS. Linn. 



Cat, tubus obovato-turbinatus, linibus 4-5-partitus. Petala 4-5- Stam. 20-40 libera 

 petalis breviora. Styli 4-5 nunc coaliti nunc plus minus distincti. Stigmata 4-5 oblonga 

 aut linearia, ssepius distincta rarius concreta, Capsula 4-5-locularis polysperma. Semina 

 scobiformia incluso arillo membranaceo oblongo hinc fimbriato. — Frutices floribus albis 

 pedicellatis corymhQSo-cymosis subpaniculatis aut rarius axillaribns bracteatis. DC, 



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