MONADELPMIA PENTANDRIA. Lobclia. 



447 



In low sandy fields and meadows : Canada to Carolina. 

 (^.0. July, Aug. V. V. Flowers small, blue. 



3. L. erecta, simplex, subpubescens ; foliis oblongis obtu- Clayloniana. 



siusculis, radicalibus integerrimis, caulinis snperne 

 denticulatis, racemo virgato, bracteis subulalis — 

 Mich.JL. avier. 2. p. 153. 



Rapuntium foliis villosis moUibus, &c. Gron. virg. 135. 



L. spicata. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 587- 



L. goodenioides. IFilld. hort. herol. 30. cum icone. 



In shady woods and on grassy hills : New York to Caro- 

 lina. 11 . July — Sept. V. V. About eighteen inches 

 high ; flowers pale blue, small. 



4. L. erecta, glaberrimaj foliis lato-1?nceolatis serratis, amoena. 



spica multiflora secunda, calycis laciniis integerrimis, 

 corollae laciniis inferioribus ovalibus acutis, — Mkh.ji. 

 amcr. 2. p. 153. 

 On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . July, 

 Aug. V. V. Flowers of a beautiful sky-blue. From 

 two to three feet high. 



5. L. erecta, subramosa, subpubescens, lucida; foliis Ian- glanduhsa. 



ceolatis glandaloso-serrulatis subcarnosis, fioribus ra- 



cemosis brevr-pedunculatis, calycis laciniis revolutis 



dentatis.— /%//../?. car. 218. 

 L.crassiuscula. Mkh.ji. amer.l.p. 152. 

 In pine-swamps: Virginia to Florida. 1/. July, Aug. 



V. V. From eight inches to a foot high ; flowers 



dark blue. 



6. L. erecta, simplicissima, pnbescens_; foliis oblongo- ova- puleruJa, 



libus repando-serrulatis, floribus spicatis alternis sub- 

 sessilibus, germinibus hispidis, calycibus ciliatis.— 

 Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 152. 

 In the range of mountains, from Virginia to Carolina. 

 2/. July, Aug. V. V, From one to two feet high; 

 flowers middle size, sky blue. 



7. L. erecta, simplex, hirtella ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis sub- Siphilitkv. 



serratis, racemo folioso, calycibus hirsutis, sinubus 

 reflexis. — IFilkl. sp. pi. I.p.g45. 

 Icon. Eol. k. 136. Jacq. k. 3. /. 5g7' 

 In low grounds, on the banks of rivers and near springs : 

 New York to Carolina. 11 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 large, blue. This plant is possessed of great medicinal 

 virtues ; on account of which it was introduced 

 into Europe nearly two hundred years ago. 



