86 JOURNAL OF THE 



CAPPARIDACE.i:. (CAPER FAMILY.) 



Gynandropsis pentaphyllft^ D. C. May — August. Flowers white. 



{Cleome pentaphylla, Linn, and Barioti, PursJi, N^utiall anp 

 Elliott.) Waste grounds. Across Wilmington ferry, Cape 

 Fear river. Dr. McRee. 



VIOLACE/E. (VIOLET FAMILY.) 



Viola cncullata, Ait. (Blue Violet.) 



February — May. Flowers blue-white. 



palmaia^ L. (Hand-leaf Violet.) Not common. 



March — May, Flowers purple or blue. 



villosa, Walt. (Hairy Violet.) Flowers pale blue. 



lauceoluta^ L. Lance-leaved Violet.) 



February — May. Flowers white. 



pedata^ L. (Bird-foot Violet.) 



February — May. Flowers large, deep blue or purple. 



priiimliefolia^ L. (Primrose-leaved Violet.) 



Flowers white — small. 



bliiiida, Willd. (Sweet White Violet.) 



April — May. Flowers while. 



tricolor, L. Var. arveiisis D. C. (Wild Pansy.) 



Not very common. 



CISTACE^. (ROCK-ROSE FAMILY.) 



Heliantheinuiii Canadeuse, Michx. (Frost-weed.) April. 



YCistns Canadensis, Walt.1 



Carolinianuiil, Michx. (Rock-rose.) March — April. Flowers yellow. 

 [Cistus Carolinianus, PValt.] 



corymbosnm, Michx. April. 



\^Cistus corymbosus, Pair.^ 



Lechea major, Michx. (Pin-weed.) July— August. Greenish flowers. 



minor, Lam. Dry sandy soil. July and August. 



DROSERACE^. (SUNDEW FAMILY.) 



Dioucca mnscipiila, Ellis. (Venus Fly-trap.)* 



June. Flowers white, blacken in drying. Seed drop in July- 



loth to 20th. 

 Found abundantly in a radius of a half to three-quarters of a mile 

 from 2d toll house and other places. See Map. 



*The original description of the habit of Diona;a, written by Dr. Curtis for 

 his first " Catalogue of Plants Growing Spontaneously Around Wilmington," 

 in 1834, is reproduced, as it stands a most excellent, and perhaps the best 

 sketch yet made. 



