136. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, 



ticed by Mr. J. Bradbury, near the lead mines of St. Louis 

 on tlie Aiissisippi; it is also abundant as far down the ri- 

 ver as Xattliez. 



The B. serrata^ inadvertently described by Mr. Pursh, 

 Was nothing more ihan a young- branch of the Primus ca- 

 roliniana without flowers, which 1 had collected near the 

 town of Natchez on the IVJlssisippi. 1 have thought it no 

 less than my duty to the public to rectify this mistake, 

 without, I hope, intending- any personal reflection, as we 

 are all equally liable to prevaihng- error. 



The rest of this genus, exclusively American, is confin- 

 ed to the West India islands. 



Iff Flowers monopetaloiis, superior, 



209. CAMPANULA. (Bell-flower.) 



Ccilix mostly 5-cleft. Corolla campamilate, 

 the base closed with 5 staminiferous valves. 

 Stigma 3 to 5-cleft. Capsule inferior, 3 or rare- 

 ly 5-celled, opening by lateral pores. 



Lactescent; herbaceous or rarely suifruticose; flowers 

 bracieute, axillary, solitary or fasciculate, sometimes in 

 terminal spikes or panicles; in a few species the corolla is 

 nearly rotate. 



Species. 1. C.rotinidifolia. Well named </eay)ie77s by 

 Persoon, as there are very seldom any round leaves to be 

 seen on the plant. 2. divaricata. 3. americana. 4. acwnina- 

 ta. 5. jiitida. 6. Eri/ioides. {C. fexuosa? Mich. C. apari- 

 woeV/es, Pursh.) § ii. Legousia. Corolla salver-form. 

 Stigma 2 or 3-cleft. Capsule prismatic-C3lindric, 2 or 3- 

 celled, m.any-seeded. — 7. amplexicauUs. {C. bifora?- Flov. 

 Peru v.) 



Ihis vast genus of more than a himdred species is in 

 great part indigenous to Europe, extending into Barbary 

 in Africa, and Siberia in Asia, as well as the Levant, a 

 considerable number of the species are rare and alpine; in. 

 the southern hemisphere there are scarcely any but what 

 are aflforded by the Cape of Good Hope; in the whole con- 

 tinent of South America there are but 2 species described, 

 viz. the C. ./?/(/b?v/i/s of Chili, and the C. bijlora of PerUy 

 apparently the same plant as the C.amplexicaidis of North 

 America. 



210. PINCKNEYA. Michaux, 



Calix 5-parted, 1 or 2 of the segments very 



