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ealycosa. 



fENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Sabbat ia. 



chloroides. 



paniculafa. 



latifolia. 

 ansfustifolia. 



shorter, broader and narro««'er leaves. Flowers a pur- 

 plish red. It is used by the inhabitants in the same 

 way as Chironia Centaurium is used in Europe. 



4. S. erecta, foliosa; foliis oblongo-obovalibus, floribus soli- 



tariis subseptempartitis, ailyce foliaceo corollam su- 



perante, laciniis oblanceolatis. Mich. Ji. amer. 1. 



p. 147. 

 Chironia dichotoma? JValt.fl. car. ()5. 

 Icon. Bartram ic. ined. t. 10. in Musa-o Banhiann. 

 In wet meadows : New York to Carolina. S • Aug. 



V. V. Flowers dark rose-coloured, segments of tiie 



corolla obovate. 



5. S. debilis; foliis lanceolatis erectis, rarais paucis unifloris, 



floribus 7 — ]3-partiiis aniphoribus, laciniis calycis li- 



nearibus corolise brevioribus. 

 Chironia chloroides. Mich.Ji. amer. \.p. 147. 

 Chironia dodecandra. IFalt.Ji. car. g5. 

 Chlora dodecandra. Linn. syst. veg. 2Qg. 

 In bogs : New York to Carolina. J . Aug. Sept. v. v. 



Flowers rose-coloured, large. 



6. S. erecta ; foliis lanceolato-linearibns, panicula multi- 



flora brachiata subfastigiata, calyce subulate corolla 

 triplo-breviore, caule quadnmgulo. 



Chironia paniculata. Mich.Ji. atner. 1. p. 140. 



Swertia ditformis. IFii/d. sp. pL ]. p. 1330. 

 a. S. foliis brevi-ovatis, paniculis paucitioris. 



Chironia lanceolata. (fa/t.Ji. cur. g5. 

 /3. S. foliis linearibus, panicula corymbosa multiflora. 



In bogs and cedar swamps : Nkw Jersey and Carolina. 

 1/ . July, Aug. v.v. Flowers while. 1 his certainly 

 is the long lost Swertia dijjannis, as the specimens in 

 the Herbarinm of ChyUm, now in possession of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, sutliciently prove. 



172. HOTTONIA. Gen. pi. 265. 



paluslris. l.H. floribus veiticillatis subsessilibus, caule geniculato, 



genicuhs infiatis. iri/ld. sp. pi. 1. p. 812. 

 In stagnant waters of New Jersey and Virginia. 1/ . 

 July. V. V. Whether this is only an accidental va- 

 riety or a distinct species, I cannot now decide ; but 

 certainly the habit of the plant, as well as its smaller 

 flowers, indicate that it may, by further examinationj, 

 turn out a new species. 



