434 DECANDftlA. MONOGYNIA. ?vrola, 



that species, the name of Michaux must be adopted, it 

 being seven years anterior. Prof. Hooker, of Glasgow, 

 infurms me, however, that he has compared the North-Ame- 

 rican plant with specimens of V. chlorantha from Swartz 

 himself, and finds them quite distinct. 



A,?, jninor L.: leaves rouftdish-oval, semilate ; scape 



naked ; style short, straight, as long as the erect stamens. 



WiUd. Spec. U.n.6<i\.' Smith Fl. Brit. \\.^.4U. Eng, 



Bot. t. 1 58. Pursh Fi. L p. 299- M u h I. Cat. p. 44. 



Flowers smaller than in the preceding species, white, with a 



tinge of red. Sdgjna peltate. P/j. 

 Hab. In the western parts of the State of New-York. Furs/:, 

 In Pentisylvania. Mu hlenberg. June. 



» * Flowers racemed, secund. 



S. P. secunda L. : leaves roundish-ovate, acute, serrate^ 

 raceme secund; style straight, W ill d. Spec, H. p. 621. 

 S mitk Fl. Bnt. II. p. 445. Eng, Bot. t. 517. M i c h, 

 Fl. I. p. 250. Pursh F/. 1. p. 299. B i g. Bost. p. 1 05. 



Root long, creeping. Stem \—2 inches high, procumbent at 

 the base. Leaves submembranaceous, smooth and shining, 

 rather acute, distinctly serrate ; lamina much longer than the 

 leaf. Sca/ie angular, 6 — 8 inches high ; bracts lanceolate, 

 acute, appressed. Raceme many-flowered. Calyx small, with 

 acute teeth. Corolla greenish-white; /le/a/s oblong, concave, 

 Statnens nearly as long as the corolla ; anthers with large open 

 pores. S<i//«? ex serted, straight; s/i^-ma peltate, gibbous. 



Hab. In open sandy woods ; not uncommon. June — July. 



* * * Fionver solitary^ terminal. 



6. P. unifiora L. : leaves orbicular, serrate ; scape !- 

 flowered ; style straight. Willd. Spec. II. p. G22. Smi I h 

 FU Brit. II. p. 4G6. Eng. Bot. t. 146. M ic h. Fl. I. p. 

 251. Pursh Fl. I. p. 299. 



Root creeping. Stem very short, ascendirg. Leaves nearly or- 

 bicular or obovate, smooth and flat, distinctly serrate ; lamina 

 much longer than the petiole. Scape 2—4 inches long, naked. 

 Flowers large, nodding, fragrant. Teeth of the calyx ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla nearly white, sometimes tinged with red; 

 fietals roundish. Stamens shorter than the corolla ; anthers 

 with 2 tubular pores at the base. Style thick, nearly as long 

 as the stamens ; stigma 5-rayed. 

 Hab. In pine woods at Windham, Massachusetts. Oakes. 

 In dry woods and sphagnous swamps. Canada to New-York. 

 Pursh. July. 



Of this species, I am informed by Mr. Oakes, there ap- 

 pear to be two varieties; one with regular kidney-shaped 



