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England to Pennsylvania : petals red and yellow, 

 Var. 1- Rubra^ 2. Grandtjiora^ &c. 



4. H. Squamosa Haf. Petioles pilose, leaves sub- 

 hirsute, ciliate, cordate, acutely seven lobed, denticu- 

 late, glaucous beneatli : scapes hairy, with oval distant 

 scales ; panicle short or ovaJ, crowded, and scaly, pe- 

 dicels short, calix obtuse, stamina exserted. — lu thc^ 

 mountains of Maryland and Virginia, the Cumberland 

 mountains of Kentucky, &c. Leaves rather small, 

 flowers middle size. Var- 1. Pumita, 2. Laxijloriiy 



3, Confertijlora. 



5. H. R€mformisV.i\L Petioles smooth, leaves rc- 

 niform rounded, faintly lobcd and toothed, ciliolate, 

 concclor, sub-liirsutc above, smooth beneath: scapes 

 rough, panicle elongated, grandiflore, laxiflore, pedi- 

 cels filiform, calix urccolate obtuse, petals and stamina 

 exserted. — In the Cumberland mountains and Knob 

 hills of Kentucky: leaves and flowers large, petals 



white. 



6. H. Glauca Raf. Smooth, glaucous, leaves cor- 

 date obtusely lobcd, niucronate-dcnticulate ; panicle 

 laxiflore, elongated, minutiflore, petals and stamina 

 short. In the Cumberland mountains. 



They all growamonji; rocks and near streams, blos- 



soming in June and July. The genus has been dedi- 

 cated to lieucher, a German botanist. It belongs to 

 the natural order of Dicerks or Saxifragides, differing 



from Saxifraga merely by having five instead of ten 

 stamina, and to Pcntandria Digynia of L. 



Q.UALITIES — The whole plants are astringent; but 

 the roots strongly so, and biting on the tongue like 



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