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Hackinsack, also on Long-Island. In Maryland. Mu hi en- 

 berg. August. 



6. S. corymbosa Bald.: leaves ovate, closely sessile ; 

 item acutely angled ; flowers corymbed ; segments of the 

 calyx subulate, much shorter than the (white) corolla. E l- 

 liott Sk. I. p. 283. S. pamculata a. Purs h FL I. p. 1 3.8. 

 Chironia lanceolata Walt, Car. p. 95 ? C. venosa M u h I. 

 Cat. p. 23 ? 



Root perennial. Stem about a foot high, erect, simple below, 

 with 2 of the sides convex. Leaves distant, about an inch 

 long, obscurely 3-nerved j lower ones obtuse; upper ones 

 acute. Corymb few-fiowered. Calyx one-third the length of 

 the corolla ; segments subulate. Corolla white, generally 5- 

 parted, but sometimes only 4-parted ; segments lanceolate, ra- 

 ther acute. . , . 

 Hab. In swamps, near Quaker Bridge, in the pxne-barrens oi 

 New-Jersey. August — September. 



This species is nearly allied to S. fianiculata, ^nd was pro- 

 bably confounded with it hy Mich au x, b)it I think Elliott 

 has well distinguished it. 



149 HYDROPHYLLUM. L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla subcampanulate, S-cleft^ 

 with 5 longitudinal margined melliferous grooves on 

 the inside. Stamens exserted. Stigma bifid. Cap- 

 sule globose, 1-celled, 2.valved, 4-seeded, with 3 of 

 the seeds abortive. Gen.pl. 2^7. JVutt. Gen. I. p. 

 117. Juss. p. 129. Lam. III. t. XCVII. f. 12. 

 Roem. ^ ^chult. Gen. 64.^9. Nat. Ord. Bora- 

 ginejeJuss, fFater-leaf, 



1. H. virginkum L. : stem nearly smooth; leaves pin- 

 iiatifid'and pinnate ; segments oval-lanceolate, with deep ser- 

 ratures; fascicles of flowers conglomerate ; peduncles larger 

 than the petioles. IF il I d. Spec. \. ^p. Q14, Lam.IlL\.c, 

 jlf ic/t. i^/ol.p. 134. PurshFl.\.p.\U, Elliott Sk, 

 I. p. 232, Roem. ^ Schult. IV, p. 113. 



Root perennial. Stem a foot and a half high, a Uttle branched 

 near the top. Leaves about 2, on long petioles', large and 

 flat, irregularly pinnatifid ; lower leaflets distinct. Clusters 

 oi flowers on long axillary peduncles, much crowded, recurv- 

 ed. Segments of the calyx Ihiear, shorter than the corolla, 

 hispid. "^.Corolla white, with purplish veins ; segments ovate, 

 obtuse. StamCTis much exserted ; Jila^nents bearded ; anther.^ 

 oblong, incumbent. Seeds 4, one of them large and round, 

 the others abortive. 

 Hab. In shady rocky woods. May— June, 



