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compressed, inserted into the sumnnit of the tube, and 

 alternating with the segments of the corolla. Capsule 

 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. Gen. pi 255. Nutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 122. Juss. p. 135. Lam. III. t. CIL 

 Koem. ^ Schult. Gen. 712. Pyxidanthera 

 Mich. Fl. I. p. 152. Nat. Ord. Convolvuli /w^j. 



1 . D. lapponica L. : cespitose ; leaves spathulate, smooth; 

 flowers pedunculate; anthers simple. Lin. FL Lapp. p. 

 88. t. 1. f. 1. Willd. Spec. I. p. 795. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 

 pw 58. t. 9. Roerri. ^ Schult. IV. p. ;356. V>. obtusi- 

 folia Sa lis b. parad. Lond. lOA. Pursh F/.I.p.l47. 



Plant densely cespitose, evergreen. Leaves much crowded, 

 about three-fourths of an inch long, obtuse, a little recurved, 

 very entire. Flowers terminal, solitary, on short peduncles. 

 Calyx cleft almost to the base ; segments broad-ovate, very 

 obtuse. Bracts foliaceous, shorter than the calyx. Corolla 

 white ; segments short, rounded. Stamens about as long as 

 the corolla; Jilaments flattened, short ; anthers 2-celled ; cells 

 distinct, roundish, opening transversely ? Style persistent 5 

 stigma obtuse, simple. 



Hab. On the White-Hills of New-Hampshire, near the sum- 

 mit. Peck and Bigelow. June. 



2. D. harbidala Ell. : creeping; leaves cuneate-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent at the base ; flowers sessile ; anthers beaked 

 at the base. Elliott Sk. I. p. 229. D. cuneifolia S alis b. 

 parad. Land. 105. Pursh F/. I. p* 148. Pyxidanthera 

 barbxdata M i c h. Fl. I. p. 152. Ro em. ^ S chult. IV, 

 p. ^bQ, 



Plant evergreen, creeping, and forming dense mats. Leaves 

 about one-fourth of an inch long, very acute ; upper ones 

 crowded about the flower. Flowers solitary, terminal. Calyx 

 pubescent; segments oblong-spathulate. Bracts resembling 

 the segments of the calyx. Corolla white, nearly campanu- 

 late ; border spreading ; segments spathulate. Stamens shorter 

 than the coroUa.; Jilaments very broad; anthers 2-celled; 

 cells subglobose, with a short spur or rostrum at the base, 

 opening transversely. Style about as long as the stamens, 

 thick ; stigma obtuse, 3-lobed. Capsule o-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



Hab. In the pine barrens of New-Jersey ; abundant. On the 

 White-Hills of New-Hampshire. Peck. In Pennsylvaniao 

 Mil hlenb erg. May — June. 



160. DATURA. L. 

 Calyx tubular, angular, deciduous ; base orbicular^ 



