36s POLYANDRIA MONOGYNiA. ^arraccnia. 



psillacina.^ 4. S, foliis brevibus superne coloratis venoso-reticulatis, ala 

 ventrali sursum subcuneatitn latescente, tubo sensini 

 in appendicem recurvatam rotuiidatim tornicatam mu- 

 cronatam desinente. Mich.Ji. amer. l.p. 311. 



S. rubra. JValt. fi. car. 152. 



Icon. Pluk. armlth. t. \51. f. 3 ? 



In swanips of Georgia and Florida. 1/. June, July. 

 V. V. Flowers on very long peduncles, purple ; leaves 

 small, very handsomely marked with purple veins. 



437. LEWIS! A. Pursh in linn, trajis. v. U. 



Tediviva, 1. Lewisia. /. c. 



On the banks of Clarck's river. 1/ . July. v. s. in 

 Herb. Lewis. Petals white ; calyx elegantly red-veined,, 

 of a consistency like paper. 



Radix fusiformis, ramosa, sanguinea. Folia radicalia 

 linearia, subcarnosa, obtusiuscula. Scapus uniflorus ? 

 an biflorus. Fedicellus basi geniculatus. Calyx co- 

 loratus, scariosus, 7 — 9-phyllus, patens : foliolis ova- 

 tis, acutis, concavis, nervoso-venosis, interioribus an- 

 gustioribus. Petala 14 — IS. alba, lanceolata, patentia, 

 calyce vix duplo longiora. Filamenta 14 — 18. recep- 

 taculo petalis opposite inserta, iiliformia, calyce bre- 

 viora. Anthercc oblongae, erectae. Germen superum, 

 ovatrum, glabrum. Stylus filifurmis, staminibus paulo 

 longior, superne trifidus. 5/i^wa/a 3. bifida. Capsula 

 oblonga, 3-locularis : loculis bispermis. Seminalen' 

 ticulana, nitida, nigra. 



This elegant plant would be a very desirable addition to 

 the ornamental perennials, since, if once introduced, it 

 would be easily kept and propagated, as the following 

 circumstance will clearly prove. The specimen with 

 roots taken out of the Herbarium of M. Lewis, Esq. 

 was planted by Mr. M'Mahon of Philadelphia, and 

 vegetated for more than one year : but some accident 

 happening to it, 1 had not the pleasure of seeing it in 

 llower. 



odorata. 



438. NYMPHiEA. Gen. pi. 886. 

 Castalia. Salisb. in annab of lot. 2. p. 71. 



I, N. foliis orbiculato-cordatis integerrimis subemarginatis, 

 jobis divaricaiis, acumine obtuso, petalis calyce 4- 



