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1. T. virginica L.: erect; leaves lanceolate, elongated, 

 smooth ; flowers in a crowded umbel, sessile, pubescent. 

 WiUd. Spec. II. p. 16. Bot. Mas» t. 105. Mich. FL 

 I. p. 193. Pxirsh FLl.ip.2l8, E lliott Sk. I. Tp.SBO. 

 Bart. FL Am. Sept. II. t. 41. T. cristata Walt. Car. p. 

 319. Moris. Sect.Y. t. 2. f. 4. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stem about a foot high, a little succu- 

 lent, branched very smooth. Leaves linear-lanceolate, a little 

 pubescent and ciliate, canaliculate, sheathing at the base. 

 Flowers in terminal compound clusters or imperfect umbels, 

 with a large 2-leavedin-yo/wcrwOTat the base; clusters sessile. 

 Calyx persistent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather acute. Co- 

 rolla purple or blue, very fugacious ; fietals ovate, twice as 

 long as the calyx. Stamens shorter than the corolla; ^/a- 

 menta densely covered with a blue down or hair ; anthers 

 large, crescent-shaped, yellow. Style filiform, as long as the 

 stamens ; stigma capitate. Capsule obtusely triangular, 3-cell- 

 ed, 3-valved, covered by the calyx. Seeds 2 — 3 in each cell, 

 compressed, angular. 



Hab. In shady woods. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. 

 In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. May. My specimens 

 are from Lake Michigan. 



2. T. rosea M i c h. : erect, simple ; leaves linear ; pe- 

 duncles eloneated; calyx smooth. Mich. FL I. p. 193. 

 Vent. Hort7Cels p. 24. t. 24. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 310. 

 Purs/t F/. I. p. 218. Elliott Sk.l.ip. 381. T. virgi- 

 nica IV a It. Car. p. 119. 



JRoot perennial, creeping. Stem nearly a foot high, sometimes a 

 little branched. Leaves 6 — 8 inches long, and 2 lines broad, 

 smooth, canaliculate, sheathing at the base. Flowers much 

 smaller than in the preceding species, in a loose terminal 

 head. Pedicels nearly an inch long. Involucrum of 2 or 3 

 small subulate leaves. Calyx smooth ; leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 spr.tted. Petals bright rose-colour, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Cafisule obtusely triangular, with one or two seeds in each 

 cell. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. May. Muhlenberg. 



227. LEONTICE. L. 

 Calyx 6-leaved, caducous. Petals 6, unguiculate, 

 opposite the calyx. Nectaries 6, inserted upon the 

 claws of the petals. Anthers adnate to the filaments, 

 2-celled ; cells opening longitudinally. Pericarp rup- 

 turing at an early period, leaving the large naked drupe- 

 form seed elevated on its funiculus. R. Brown in 

 Lm. Trans. XII. p. 145. t. 7. Gen. pL 571. Juss. 

 p. 287. Lam. IlLx. 254. Caulophyllum Mich, 



