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Cla/s and Order, 
DipyNamMia GyMNoSPERMIA, 
Generic CharaZer. 
Cor, faux inflata: labium fuperius fornicatum, 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. ee 
DRACOCEPHALUM virginianum foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
= ferratis, floribus confertis. Linz, Syf, 
3 Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 915. 
-DRACOCEPHALUM virginianum floribus {picatis, foliis 
: : lanceolatis ferratis. Ling, Syt, Vege 
= 2 ed. 14. Murr. p. 543. =r 
_ DRACOCEPHALUM virginianum floribus {picatis confertis, 
Le ae ? 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis ferratis, Ait, 
Kew. v. 2. p. 317+ 
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: This elegant fpecies of Dracocephalum, a native of Virginia, 
_, and other parts of North-America, is a hardy herbaceous — 
Plant, rifing to the height of about two feet, and producing 
_ numerous flowers in long {pikes, ufually arranged on each 
fide of the ftalk. ea 2 peed (ie 
It comes near to the denticulafum already figured, but dif- — 
__ fers in its fuperior height, the form of its leaves, the number — 
___ Of its flowers, and many other particulars, == —™*” 
It flowers from July to September, and with me bas gene- 
rally ripened much of its feed, from which it may be eafily 
_ faifed, as alfo by parting of its roots in - ing or autumn ; it 
_ fucceeds beft in a moift fituation, and its fta 
- Carefully ltimely fticked. Cee 
; vated as long fince as 1683, by Mr, 
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