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Root annual. Stem about a foot high, branched above in a pani- 

 culate manner. Leaves linear-lanceolate, very hairy, Floivera 

 erect when in fruit. Calyx deeply 5-parted ; segments linear, 

 acute. Corolla minute, blue. Sttds not depressed, rough 

 with hooked prickles. 



Hab. On road sides; generally in damp soils; very comtmon 

 in the northern and western parts of the Statu of New-York. 

 July — August. 



2. R. virginiann R. S/ S. i leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, scabrous above ; racemes divaricate ; flowers 

 nodding when in fruit; seeds densely covered with hooked 

 prickles. Roem. S,r Schull. W. p. 108. Mvosotis vir- 

 giniana L. Will d. Spec. 1. p. 748. M i c h. FU I. p. J 29. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 134. Elliott Sk. I. p.. 224, Echino- 

 STERMUM virginicum Lehm. Asperif. p. 117. 



Root biennial, ^tem 2 feet high, hairy, divaricately branched at 

 the summit. Leaves 3 inches long, acute at each extremity. 

 Racemes, or flowering branches, dichotomous. Pedicels at 

 length refiexed, longer than the flower. Segments of the 

 calyx lanceolate. Corolla ivhite, very small. 



Hab. On shady rocjsy hills. Hoboken, Sec. New-Jersey. July. 



140. ANAGALLIS. L. 

 Calyx 5-parted. .Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Filaments 

 hirsute at the base. Capsule globose, bursting all 

 round transversely, many-seeded. Geii. pi. 270. Nu 1 1. 

 Geji. I. p. 122. Juss. p. 95. Lam. III. t. lOL 

 Roem. y Schult. Gen. 652. Nat. Ord. Lysima- 

 cHi^ Juss. Primulace^ B. Brown. Pim- 

 pernel. 

 A. arvensis L. : stem procumbent ; leaves ovate, sessile, 

 dotted beneath ; se2;ments of corolla dilated, crenate-glandu- 

 lar. Smit h FL Brit. I. p.. 230. Eng. Bot. t. 529, Pursh 

 Fl. 1. p. 1 35. B ig. BosL p. 48. Elliott SL I. p. 235. 

 Ai arvensis ^. Lin. Willd. Spec. I. p. 821. A. phcenicea 



L a m. Roc m. 4' Schult. I V^ p. 116. 

 I 

 Root annual. Stem quadrangular, 4 — 6 inches long. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, often cordate, very entire. Flowers on axil- 

 lary footstalks. Segments of the calyx subulate, carinate, sca- 

 - rioiis on the margin. Corolla scarlet, longer than the calyjjf. 

 Hab. In sandy fields and cultivated grounds, June — July. In 

 traduced. 



ril. I^YSIMACHIA. L. 

 Calyx 5- cleft. Corolla rotate, (and subcampanu- 

 late)^ 5-deft. Capsule 1-seeded, 5 or 10-valved. Gen, 



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