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SineNE VirGinica. VireGintan CatTecuriy. 
ERE KEKE KEKE EEK EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA TRIicyNtiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—CanryoruyLtes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubulosus quinquedentatus nudus. Pet. 5, ungui- 
culata fauce sepissime coronata, limbo bifido. Stam. 10. 
Styli 3. Capsule basi triloculares, apice in 6 dentes dehis- 
centes. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sitene Virginica ; viscoso-pubescens, caule inferne decum- 
benti dein erecto ramoso, foliis oblongis spathulatisque 
acutis infimis longe petiolatis basi longe ciliatis, pani- 
cula trichotoma, calycibus amplis cylindraceo-clavatis 
basi obtusis, petalis longe unguiculatis latis bifidis 
coronatis (coccineis). 
SitenE Virginica. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 600. Mich. Am. v. 1. 
p. 272. Pursh, Fl. Am. v.1. p. 316. Elliott, Carol. 
v.1.p.516? Torrey, Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p.450. De 
Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 379. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. 
p. 411. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 90. 
Lycunis flore simplici specioso coccineo, &c. Gronov. 
Virg. p. 16. 
In the Flora Bor. Americana, above quoted, I expressed 
a doubt whether the S. Virginica, of which I had then only 
very indifferent specimens at my command, were reall 
different from the S. Pennsylvanica. But my valued friend, 
Dr. Snort of Lexington, has cleared up all my difficulties 
on this point, and by a beautiful drawing of the former, 
(which though said in the Hortus Kewensis to be introduced 
to our collections by Mr. Loppiees in 1783, I have never 
seen in our gardens,) and by excellent specimens of both 
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