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2. k. polifolia L. : leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, re- 

 volute, glaucous beneath ; flowers in short terminal racemes. 

 Willd, Spec. II. p. GIO. ^it. Kezv. 11. p. 167. SmUk 

 Fl' Brit. 11. p. 441. Eng. Bot. t. 713. Mich. Fl. I. p. 

 254. Pursh FU I. p. 291. 



/3. angustifolia A i t. : leaves linear, jiit.l. c. Pursh 

 J. c. 



A shrub about a foot and a half high, nearly simple. Leaves 

 2 — 3 inches long, scattered, very acute, distinctly revolute on 

 the niargin, with a prominent midrib, very glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers aggregated towards the extremity of the stem or 

 branches ; pedicels short. Caiyx^ reddish, with oblong seg- 

 ments. Corolla short, urceolate, contracted at the orifice, 

 Vfhxie. Stamens included; anthers short, 2-awned towards the 

 summit. Style persistent, pentangular. Capsule subglobose ; 

 valves naked on the margin. 



Hab. In sphagnous swamps. Near Troy and Albany, New- 

 York. Jiat on and L. C. Bee /c. Litchfield, Connecticut. 

 Brcce. Plainfield, Massachusetts. Porter. May, 



This species is also a native of Scotland, and of the northern 

 parts of Europe. 



• 3. A. calyculata L. : leaves lanceolate-oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse, obsoletely serrulate, ferruginous beneath ; racemes ter- 

 minal, leafy, subsecund ; calyx bibracteate ; corolla oblong- 

 cylindrical. Willd. S/jec. II. p. G14. Ai t. Kew. W. n^ 

 70. M i c h. FL I. p. 254. Pursh Fl. I. p. 291. B i <t, 

 £o5^ p. 102. Elliott SkA.^.A^b. J^ u 1 1. Geyi. Lp. 

 264. 



A shrub 3 — 4 feet high, much branched. Leaves alternate, 

 thick and coriaceous, squamulose-punctate ; petioles very 

 short. Flowers subracemose, or rather axillary towards the 

 extremity of the branches; pedicels short and thick. Calyx 

 with 2 broad-ovate acuminate bracts at the base ; segments 

 acute, coriaceous. Corolla white, sometimes tinged with pur- 

 ple. S;a?72e726- included; an;/!ers unawned. 'J/!z,7£' persistent, 

 longer than the stamens, " Capsule round*ish, coated ; septa 

 spontaneously bipartite in a longitudinal direction, exhibiting 5 

 distinct capsules, primarily attached to a common axis opening 

 externally, and connected by a 5-parted external envelope. 

 Seeds numerous, truncate, angular, transversely accumulated." 



Hab, In bog meadows, and in sandy swamps ; not uncommon, 

 April— May. 



* * Leaves deciduous. 



4. A. mariana L. : leaves oval, somewhat acute, very en- 

 tire, smooth, subcoriaceous, paler beneath; flowering branches 

 nearly naked ; pedicels fasciculate ; corolla ovate-cylfndric • 



