GILLENIA STIPULACEA. 
SMALL-FLOWERED INDIAN-PHYSIC. 
Grtrenta stipulacea. Willd. enum. plant. Pursh. fl. Am. Sep. vol. i. p. 343. 
GrrteN1A stipulacea. G. foliis ternatis lanceolatis inciso-serratis subzqualibus, stipulis foliaceis oyatis incj- 
so-dentatis, floribus terminalibus laxe paniculatis 5-gynis, calice campanulate, (Willd. ‘enum, et 
Pursh, fl. Am. sep. sub nomine Spirzae stipulacez.) 
_DESCRIPTIO UBERIOR. 
PLANTA pisiiifiom Gillenie thifoliata, ¢ tam raslice quam. habitu. Discrepantia notissima. in. stipulis rah, 
et foliis inferis est. Canles plures, supra ramosi; colore fulvi aut rubicundi, 
liolis versus apicem lanceolatis, profunde inciso-serratis, plerumque, equalibus; infr 
tripartitis, colore fulvis. Stipule magne foliacex, ovate, acuminate, profunde slneats: basi i ine. 
quales. Serrature stipularum ramorum, irregulariter incise. Serraturz stipularum caulium, magis 
regulares. Floribus minores quam in Gillenia trifoliata. Pedunculis sub-setaciformibus longis: 
Calyx simpliciter campanulatus, basi abrupte terminatus in quinque segmentibus divisus. ~ Stami- 
na et ‘pistillum ac in G. trifoliata. Habitat in calcareis montibus Chie: et hinc - } Flo 
usque; floret Junio. B. te  « 
I am indebted to Mr. Nuttall fo the pleasure 1 aiiebimce in 
presenting the medical world, with a figure of this interesting plant. 
The drawing has been made with much care. from fine specimens 
Fotis termatis; for ¢ 
