6 



It is said to vary, with yellow flowers; and there is a variety with 

 broader leaves. 



The second species agrees with the above in llie shape of its 

 roots, leaves, and flowers; but the stalks extend to a greater length, 

 and toward their upper part twist round any slicks or other plants 

 near ihetn ; and the flowers are black. 



It is by no means so common as the foregoing, having been found 

 only in the south of France, the mountains about Nice, and in Spain. 

 It flowers at the same time with the other. 



The third creeps greatly at the root, and sends up strong stems 

 upwards of four feet high; towards the top of them the flowers come 

 out on the side; these are of a worn-out purple colour, smelling sweet; 

 and sometimes they are succeeded here by large oval pods. It 

 flowers in July, and is a native of North America. The French in 

 Canada eat the lender shoots in spring as Asparagus. The flowers 

 arc highly odoriferous. 



The fourth species has many stems, as thick as the little finger, 

 at bottom quadrangular Avilh blunted angles, and of a brownish green 

 colour; above round and green, a little hairy. The leaves are on 

 short petioles, from four to six inches long, and two or three broad; 

 the midrib purple. The flowers have the petals of a dusky herba- 

 ceous colour, the horns of the nectaries pale and gaping, not erect 

 but horizontal. It is a native of North America, and flowers from 

 July to September. 



The fifth species rises with slender upright stalks, at the top of 

 which grow umbels of small white flowers, appearing in July, but 

 never succeeded by pods in this climate. The leaves are frequently 

 four together. The peduncles forming an umbel are opposite to 

 the leaves. It is a native of North America. 



The sixth has declining stalks, which arc hairy, and eighteen 

 inches in length. The leaves are narrow. The umbels grow at the 

 extremity of the branches,arc compact, and the flowers of a bright 

 orange colour. It is a native of North America. 



In the seventh species the stems are a foot high, hairy, round, 

 and dusky red. The leaves alternate, except on the upper part of 



