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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Tlllandsia. 



Parasitic, on old trees, in shady woods : Virginia to Flo- 

 rida. 1/. July. V. V. Flowers yellowish-green. 

 This singular plant, known by the name of Lovg-moss, 

 does not extend further noith than the neighbourhood 

 of the Dismal Swamp in "Virginia. The fibres of it, 

 when divested of the outside coating, make excellent 

 mattresses, and are a very good substitute for horse-hair 

 for that purpose. 



280. TRADESCANTIA. Gen. pi. 543. 



virginica. 1. T. erecta ; foliis lanceolatis elongatis glabris, floribus 



sessilibus umbellato-congestis pubescentibus.— IFilld. 

 sp. pi. 2. p. l6. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 105. Moris, hist. 3. *. 5. t. 2./. 4. 

 In shady woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 1}. . May> 

 June. V. V. Flowers blue or purple. 

 rosea. 2. T. erecta ; foliis lineari-gramineis praelongis, pedunculis 



elongatis umbellatis paucifioris, calycibus glabris. — 

 Mich.fi. amer.l. p. 193. 

 Icon. Vent. hort. eels. t. 24. 



In wet sandy fields : Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . June, 

 July. V. V. Flowers rose-coloured, small, but very 

 handsome. 



cymosa. 



thalidroides. 



281. DIPHYLLEJA. Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 203. 



1. D. glaberrima ; foliis subpalmatis angulato-lobatis serra- 

 tis : lobis acuminatis, cyma multiflora. Mich. I. c. 



Icon. Mich. l.c.t.igtSf 20. 



Near rivulets on the high mountains of Virginia and 

 Carolina. 1/ . May, June. v. v. Flowers while j 

 berries dark blue : the whole of the plant has the 

 appearance of Podophyllum peltatum. 



282. CAULOPHYLLUM. Mich. fi. amer. 1. p. 204. 

 1. C. glaberrimum ; foliis supradecompositis, foliolis ova- 

 libus, inferioribus petiolatis lobatisque, extremo tri- 

 \oh?L{o.—M'ich. Let. 2]. 



Leontice thalictroides, JFilld. sp. pi. 2, p. I4g. 



In shady woods, on the side of fertile hills: New En- 

 gland to Virginia. 11 . May, June. v. v. Flowers 

 yellowish- green ; berries large, blueish-black ; called 

 by the Indians Co-hosh, and esteemed as a medicinal 

 plant among them. 



