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SPIGELIA MARILANDICA. MARYLAND Sp!- 
-GELIA, or WorRM-GRASS. 
JHE HSHEHinibineibe 
Clafs and Order. 
PeENTANDRIA MonocGyYNIia. 
Generic Chara&er. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, Czp/ula didyma.  2-locularis, po- 
ly{perma. 
| Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
SPIGELIA Marilandica caule tetragono, foliis omnibus oppo- 
fitis. Linn. Syft. Veg. p.197. Mant. 2. p. 338. 
LONICERA Marilandica. Spec. Pl. ed. 3. p. 249. 
PERICLYMENTI virginiani flore coccineo planta marilandica 
‘ fpicata eretta fotiis conjugatis. D. She- 
rard Rai Suppl. p. 32. Catefb. Carol. 11. 
zt. 78 ; 
Indian pink. Dr. Lining. Effays Phyjical 
ANTHELMIA 
and Literary, Vol. 1. and Vol. 3. 
This plant, not lefs celebrated for its fuperior efficacy in — 
deftroying worms*, than admired for its beauty, is a native of 
the warmer paris of North-America; the older Botanifts, and 
even Linnaus, at one time confidered it as a honeyfuckle, but 
he has now made a new genus of it, which he has named in 
honour of Spree ius, a Botanift of confiderable note, author — 
of the J/agog. in rem herbar. publifhed at Leyden in 1633. 
“ This plant is not eafily propagated in England, for the 
*‘ roots make but flow increafe, fo that the plant is not very _ 
“common in the Englifh Gardens at prefent; for although — 
* it is fo hardy as to endure the cold of our ordinary winters © 
“in the open air, yet as it does not ripen feeds, the only 
“way of propagating it is by parting of the roots; and as 
* thefe do not make much increafe by offsets, fo the plants © 
“are fcarce; it delights in a moift foil, and muft not be often 
“ tran{planted.” Miller's Dig. 
The fcareity of this plant, even now, is a proof of the juft- 
nefs of Mr. Mrirer’s obfervation; it is, in faét, very dificult 
of culture, and {carcely to be kept in this country but by 
frequent importation. 
It flowers in June and July. 
* Vid. Lewis's Mater. Medica. 
