PENTANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 1 15 



HAB. Pennsylvania. Aug. T2. 3—4 ft. high; 

 bran, erect, pubes.; leav. oppos., ovate, entire; Jl, 

 greenish-red, small ; berries purp. 

 '2. S. racemosa : racemes terminal ; corolla bearded 

 within. 

 HAB. Rocks. July. V 2— 3 ft. high, branched ; 

 fl. small, pale red ; berries large white. 



172. TRIOSTEUM. Fever-wort. Caprifolia. 

 T. perfoiiatum : leaves oval, acuminate, abruptly 



narrowed at the base, connate, pubescent beneath ; 



axils 1 — 3-flowered. 

 HAB. Rocky woods. June. U. Stem 2— 3 ft. 



high; leav. large ; fl. sess., dull pur p. ; berries 



orange. 



173. ITEA. Saxifrages. 



I. virginica. 



HAB. Swamps. June. Tj. 4 — 8 ft. high; leav, 



altern., lanceol., acum., serrul. ; Jl. in simp, term, 



racemes, white, pubes. within. 



174. IMPATIENS. Balsam. Papaveracece. 

 \. I. pallida: peduncles solitary, 3— 4-flowered ; nec- 

 tary obtusely conic, dilated, shorter than the pe- 

 tals ; spur recurved, very short ; flowers sparingly 

 punctate ; leaves rhombic-ovate, mucronately 

 toothed. 



HAB. Wet shady places. Aug. ©. Stem 2 ft. 

 high, tender and succul. ; leav. altern. ; fl. {yell. ; 

 seeds ellip. 

 2. I. fulva : peduncles solitary, 3 — 4-flowered ; nec- 

 tary acutely conic, longer than the petals ; spui 

 resupinate, emarginate, nearly as long as the galea : 

 flowers with crowded spots ; leaves rhombic-ovate, 

 obtuse, mucronate toothed. 



HAB. Wet shady places. Aug. ©. Plant glauc . 

 and diaph. ; caps, b-ang., 3 — 6-secded ; seeds pri*- 

 mat. 



Mo. VIOLA. Violet. Fiolacecr. 



* Slemless. 



t Flowers blue. 

 K V. ptdatei : leaves pedatc, nearly smooth, about 7- 



