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* Frutescent. 



1. S. salicifolia L. : leaves lanceolate, acutely serrate, 

 "raoolh; racemes terminal, compound, panicled ; flowers pen- 

 tagyiious. fV Hid, Spec. II. p. 1055. M ill. icon. t. 237. 

 f. 2. Jl/zcA. jP/. I. p. 293. PwrsA F/. I. p, 341. £ /- 

 lioti S/c. 1. p. 5G0. S. alba Ehrh. Beitr. Vli. p. 137. 

 Muhl. Cal,p,5l. Big. Bost. p. 120. 



Shrubby or sufFruticose. Stem 2—4 feet high, somewhat 

 branched, smooth, reddish. Leaves alternate, more or less 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, taperinij at the base, sliglttly glau- 

 cous, and a little hairy on the veins beneath. liacemea crowded 

 in a long terminal panicle. Calyx turbinate, smooth ; seg- 

 ments ovate, acute. Petals white, roundish, longer than the 

 calyx. Capsules or follicles 5, opening on the inner side, 

 pointed with the remains of the styles, tieeds numerous, mi • 

 nute. 



Hab. In Wet meadows ; common. July. 



The S. salicifolia of Europe is considered as distinct from 

 the North- American plant by some Botanists, I have had no 

 opportunity of comparing them. 



2. S» tomentosa L. : leaves ovate-lanceolate, unequally 

 .serrate, tomentose beneath ; racemes terminal, compound, 

 crowded; flowers pentag) nous. W il I d. Spec. II. p. 1056. 

 Schmidt Jrb. b1. Mich. FL 1. p. 293. Pursh FU 

 I.p.341. Big. Bosi.^.l^Q. Elliott Sk. \. p. 560. 

 Mead in Med. Rep^ VI. (new series) p. 256. cum icone, 

 Pluk, Ainu 393. t. 321. f. 1. 



Shrubby or suffruiicosc. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, somewhat 

 branched, pubescent. Leaves on short petioles, thick, very 

 tomentose and pale ferruginous beneath, with prominent veins, 

 dark green above, unequally serrate and somewhat lobed. 

 JiaCLrue very dense, elongated and subpyramidal. Flowers 

 small. Calyx tomentose ; segments acute, reflexed after 

 flowering. Petals roundish, pale purple. Gajisules 5, dis- 

 tinct. Seeds few in each capsule, subulate at each extremity. 



Hab. In low grounds; rarer than the preceding species Ca- 

 nada to Carolina. July — August. Hard-hack. 



3. S. hypericlfolia L. : leaves obovate, very entire, or 

 dentate at the summit, smooth; umbels sessile. Willd. 

 Spec. II. p. 1057. Schmidt drb. 56. Pitrsh Fl. I. 

 p. 341. 



A shrub about 3 feet high, with numerous slender branches. 

 Leaves small, cuneate-obovate, mostly very entire, slightly pu- 

 bescent beneath. Umbels 4 — 6-flowered, c^xiliary and terminal ; 

 pedicels an inch long. Calyx turbinate ; si ements < • d, 

 acute. Petals broadly obovate, white, sometimes emai^niatc. 

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