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5,F. divaricata L : stem low, pubescent, decumbent; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate ; upper ones alternate ; branches diva- 

 ricate, loose, few-flowered ; segments of the corolla obcor- 

 date ; teeth of the calyx subulate linear. IV il I d. Spec. I. 

 p. 841. Bot. Mag.i. IG3. M i c h. FL \. p, IM. E l- 

 liotlSk.l.p.2iB. Purs h F/, I. \K ]50. Torrey 

 in Sill. Jour. IV. p. 59. Hoe m. 4* S c hul t. IV. p. 360. 



7?oor perennial. Stems numerous, diffuse? 9— 12 inches high. 

 Leaves oval-lanceolate, spreading, closely sessile, rather acute, 

 a little pubescent ; upper ones often alternate. Flowers in 

 terminal spreading panicles ; 4 — 5 flowers in each fascicle. 

 Segments of the ealyx erect. Corolla blue ; tube nearly 

 straight, smooth ; segments cordate-cuneiform. 



Hab. Near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New-York. 

 J. Van den Heuveif Esq. In Pennsylvania. Muhlen- 

 berg. June. 



G. P. reptans Mi c h. : pubescent, with creeping stolons ; 

 radical leaves spathulate-obovate; stem leaves oval-lanceo- 

 iate ; corymb few-flowered, divaricate; segments of the co- 

 rolla obovate ; teeth of the calyx subulate, reflexed. M i ch. 

 FL 1. p. 144. Elliott Sk. I. p. 248. R o cm. S^ S c hul t. 

 IV. p. 362. P. stolonifera Bat. Mag. t. 563. Pursh FL 

 I. p. 150. 



J^oot perennial. Siem 6 — 8 inches high, erect, with creeping 

 suckers at the base, bearing obovate leaves. Corymb 4 — 5- 

 flowered. Calyx pubescent, with the teeth spreading or re- 

 flexed. Corolla blue, with a purple centre. 



Hab. On the Allegany Mountains. R afi ne sque. In Penn- 

 sylvania, Muhlenberg. In Maryland. Elliott. June. 



7. P. subulata L. : cespitose, pubescent ; leaves linear- 

 subulate, rigid, ciliate, corymbs few-flowered ; segments of 

 the corolla cuneate, emarginate; calyx with subulate teeth 

 about as long as the tube of the corolla. Willd. Spec. I. 

 p. 842. Bat. Mag. t. 4 1 1 . Mic h. Fl. I. p. 45. Pursh 

 F/. I. p. 151. Elliott Sk.\. p. 2^2. Roem. 4r Schult. 

 IV. p. 363. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stem procumbent, assurgent, branch- 

 ing, 3—4 inches high. Leaves about three-fourths of an inch 

 long, opposite, very acute and pungent ; lower ones fascicu- 

 late. Corymb 3 — 4-flowered. Calyx very hairy, a little 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla pink, with a 

 purple centre ; tube a little curved, smooth. 



Hab. On rocky hills. New-Jersey. In Pennsylvania and New- 

 York. Mu h ten berg. April— May. Mountain-fimk. 



8. P. setacea L. : cespitose, pubescent ; leaves fascicu- 

 late, subulate, ciliate, rigid : flowers few, terminal, somewhat 



