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169. PRIMULA. Gen. pi 258. 

 1,P. pusilla, glabra; foliis ovali-spathulatis snbdentatis, viistassinica. 

 scapo elongate, umbelia paucifiora, coiollae Umbo re- 

 flexo, lacinus cuneato-oblongis obtuse b.fidis, capsula 

 oblonga exerta. Alich.Ji. amer 1. p, 124. 

 On lake Mistassins, and Hudson's Bay. Michaux. 11. +. 



i;o. ANDROSACE. Gen.pl.257. 

 i. A. tennissime pubescens j foliis involncrisve oblongo- ocddentalis. 

 spathulatia integerrimis, perianthiis angulatis, capsulis 

 calyce brevioribus. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. Nuttall. Q. v. s. in 

 Herb. Nuttall. Approaches near to A. elongata, ac- 

 cording to specimens of i'allas's in the Herbarium of 

 A. B. Lambert, Esq. 



171. SABBATIA. Jdanson. Parad. lond. L 32. 



1 . S. debilis ; ramis laxis elongatis I -fioris, foliis lineari-ellip- gradlis. 



ticis, calycis lacmiislinearibus corollam subaequantibus, 



lacinus coroUae obovatis, caule angulato. — Parad. loud. 



t. 32. 

 Chironia gracilis. Mich fi. amer. 1. p. 146. 

 Cbironia campanulata. Linn. sp.pl.2J2. 

 In wet pastures, on the banks of rivers : Canada. Kalm. 



Pensylvania to Carolina. S . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 



rose-coloured, segments of the corolla obovate, 



2. S. erecta ; ramis dichotomis elongatis 1-floris, foliis Ian- siellaris. 



ceolatis acutis, calyce subulato corollae semibreviore, 

 laciniis corollae obovatis, caule tereti. 



Icon. Bartram ic. ined, 1. 13. in Musceo Banksiano. 



In salt marshes: New York, New Jersey, &c. c?. 

 Aug. V. V. The flowers are large and of a beautiful 

 rose colour, with an elegant yellow star in the centre, 

 which is surrounded by a deep red border ; this plant 

 is extremely shy of cultivation, though very desirable 

 for that purpose. It varies with white flowers. 



3. S. erecta ; foliis ovatis amplexicaulibus, pedunculis elon- anoularis, 



gato-corymbosis, calyce corollae semibreviore, laciniis 



lanceolatis, caule marginato-quadrangulo. 

 Cbironia angularis. Wilid. sp. pi. \.p. 1 O67. 

 In shady woods, on grassy hills : Canada to Carolina. 



(J. July, Aug. V. V. It varies with longer and 



