^2^ PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. azalia, 



tiole; leaflets oval-oblong, acuminate, acutely and doubly ser- 

 rate. Umbeh very numerous, in large axillary panicles ; pe- 

 dicels short. Petals white, oblong, acute, reflexed. Styles 

 3 — 5, very short. 

 Har. In rocky woods. Near Flushing, Long-Island. Princ e. 

 Common in the interior of the country, but rare near the sea- 

 coast, July — August, Sjiikenard. 



3. A. hispida M i c h. : sufFruticose ; stem and petioles 

 hispid ; lobes doubly pinnate ; leaflets ovate, incisely ser- 

 rate; umbeU on long peduncles. Mich. Fl. I. p. 185. 

 Bol. Mag. \0^5, Vent. Hort. C els t. 4], PurshFi. 

 I, p. 209. Big* Bost.T^.lA. Roem. k S c hid t. V]. \>. 

 703. 



Stejn a foot and a half high, shrubby at the base, which is thickly 

 covered with stiff bristles. Leajlets about an inch long, sessile, 

 acutely senate. Peduncles terminal and axillary, bearing 

 2 — 4 umbels. Jnvolucrum of many short subulate bracts„ 

 Pedicels filiform, smooth. Flowers greenish-white. Petals 

 reflexed. 



Hab. In rocky woods and on mountains ; rare near the sea- 

 coast. July — August. IVild Elder. 



4. A. spinosa L.: arborescent; stem and leaves spinous; 

 leaves doubly pinnate ; umbels numerous, in compound pani- 

 cles. tVilld. Spec. \. p.lb^]. Mich. F/. I. p. 186. 

 Pvrsh F/. I. p. 209. Elliott Sk. I. p. 372. IV a 1 1. 

 Car.p.117. Roem. Sy- Schult. Y\. ^.10\. G r o n. 

 Virg.M. P/«yl-. yy^/?z. p.90. t. 20. C o I d. Noveb. QZ. 



A shrub 8 — 12 feet high, stem erect, straight, simple, very 

 prickly. Leaves mostly terminal, large ; leaflets ovate, acu- 

 minate, with minute distant teeth; petioles prickly. Panicles 

 very large, terminal ; umbels 15-^20-flowered. Petals white, 

 caducous, reflexed. 

 Hab. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg: Angelica-tree. — 



Prickly- Jsh. 

 According to Cold en, this plant is a native of New-York. 



221. STATICE. L. 



Calyx inferior, 1 -leaved, entire, plaited, scarious. 

 Petals 5. Capsule 1-seeded, without valves, covered 

 with the persistent calvx. Gen. pi. 527. jyutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 205. Juss. 92. La??i. III. t. CCXIX. 

 R e m. b' S chit 1 1. Gen. 1268. Nat. Ord. Pl um^ 

 BAGiNE^ Juss. Thrifty 



1. S. Armeria L. : scape simple, terete, capitate: leaves 



