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SPIGELIA MARILANDICA. 
Carolina Pink root. . 
PLATE XIV. 
We are told by different writers, that this 
fine plant is a native of all the southern states 
from Pennsylvania to Georgia and Louisiana, 
growing in rich soils, especially about the borders 
of woods. It does not bear the severity of a nor- : 
thern winter. For my living specimens I was in- 
debted to my excellent and learned friend, the 
late Dr. James Macbride, of Charleston, 8. C. 
The genus Spigelia has a funnel shaped corol- 
la and a capsule, which is double, two celled and 
many seeded. The species Marilandica is peren- 
nial, with a simple stem and opposite leaves. 
Class Pentandria ; order Monogynia. Natural 
orders Stellate, Lin. Gentian, Juss. 4,,/» 
The root of the Spigelia Marilandica is peren- 
_ mal, with many fibrous branches. The stalks 
proceed several from a root; they are simple 
j Je 
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