riGusTONiA. TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ns 



top in the direction of its longest diameter, but across the dis- 

 sepiment. Seeds abovit 15 in each cell, round, compressed, 

 with a deep cavity on one side. 

 Hab. In moist rocky situations; common in New-Jersey. 

 April— May. Venus' pride. 



2. Ho longifolia Mich.: leaves narrow-lanceolate, ta- 

 pering at each extremity ; flowers terminal, subsessile; stem 

 branched, smooth. IV ill d. Spec. L p. 583.- B i g. Bost. p. 

 35. Elliott Sk.l. p. 1d2. Roem. <^ Schiilt. lU.i^: 

 208. H. angustifolia Mich. FL L p. 85. P ursh Fi. I. 

 p. 106. R. ir S. 1. c. 



Rooi perennial. Stents numerous, moderately branched, (some- 

 what fastigiate above,) acutely quadrangular. Leaves very 

 smooth, about an inch long, rather obtuse. Stifiules short- 

 ovate, acuminate. FLoivers generally by threes, on very short 

 footstalks. Calyx much shorter than the tube of the corolla j 

 segments linear. Corolla purple ; segments ovate, acute. 



Hab. On mountains and rocky hills, Catskill, Troy, &c. 

 New-York. Near Boston. Big e low. In Pennsylvania. 

 Muhlenb erg. 



3. H. purpurea Wi 1 1 d. : stem erect, branched above, 

 pubescent at the joints ; leaves sessile, ovate or lanceolate ; 

 fascicles of flowers terminal, corymbose. W il I d. Sped, 

 p. 584. Pursh Fl.\. ^. \Q1. Ellio 1 1 Sk.\. ^. \^3, 

 Roem. S^ Schnlt.\\\.^.'20^. G r o n. Virg. p. \5. H. 

 varians Mich. Fl. I. p. 86. Hedyotis umbellata Walt.- 

 Car. p. 85. Knoxia purpurea Lam. Ill, T. p. 259. 



Root perennial. Stem with the angles and joints hairy. Leaves 

 ovate, broad, and in general abruptly rounded at the base, 3- 

 nerved ; nerves and margins pubescent. Flowers in terminal 

 corymbs. Calyx slightly pubescent ; segments subulate, ci- 

 liate. Corolla purple. Elliott. 



Hab. In dry woods. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. In 

 Pennsylvania and Maryland. Muhlenberg. July. 



My specimens are from the Southern States. This species 

 is easily distinguished by its broad, sessile leaves. 



4. H. ciliolata* : radical leaves ovate, obtuse, attenuated 

 at the base ; margin ciliate ; stem-leaves ovate^spathulate, ses- 

 sile ; flowers in terminal corymbs, pedicellate ; peduncles 

 trichotomous; segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate; stem 

 smooth, branched above. 



Root perennial. Stem ascending? quadrangular, very smooth 

 on every part ; joints remote. Radical leaves numerous, 

 nearly an inch long, with a few scattered hairs on the upper- 

 surface ; margin distinctly ciliate, scabrous ; stem leaves obo- 

 vate; the uppermost ones spathulate, nearly naked on the 



