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PENTA^^DRIA MONOGYNIA 



longitudinalibus. I honey 



bearing 



I 



streal^. 



within. Stigma 2 cleft. 



liferi 



&tig7na S-fidimi. 



1. ViRGINlCUM. 



H. glabiiusculum ; fo- 

 liis pinnatifidis pinnatis- I natifid and pinnate ; seg 

 que ; laciniis ovali-lance- [ ments oval-lanceolate, 



with deep serratures ,* 

 clusters of flowers crowd< 



Glabrous ; leaves pin 



olatis,in€iso-serratis ,• fas- 

 ciculis florum conglonier- 

 alis. Pursh, 1. p. 194. 



ed. 



Sp. pi. I. p. 814. Mich. 1. p. 134. 



Perennial. Plant 2 feet high, nearly glabrous. Leaflets lanceolate, 

 inesiularly toothed and notched. Clusters of flowers lateral and ax-? 

 allarv, very compact. Segments of the cali/.v linear. Corallahh^ 



Grows in shaded rocky situations, Pursh. 



Flowers May — June. 



LYSIMACHIA. Gen. pl. 269. 



Corolla rotata. Capsii- 



Corolla "rotate. 



Cap- 



10 vulved. 



la fflobosa, rnucronata, | sule globose, mucronatc, 

 lO-vaMs, 



1. Hfrcem 



1 



L. florihiH 



tei 



verlicillatis, 

 sparsis ; fo 



DNTI. E. 



racemosi^!, 

 iifeiioribus 

 iDcrioribus 



Flowers in terminal 



rticil 



qu 



leaves 



upper scattered 



sessili- 

 E.. 



four 



ovate- 



sessile, three 



d 



stem erect, 2 feet high, columnar, ^^^^'^^^^ 





ato-lanceolatr 

 bus, trinervibus 



Boot perennial. 

 jLeaves genejally by juuxs, uvaic-iauvcuiaic, s^^^^'-i - - ^^^ ,3 

 S exterior generally obscure, entire, jrlabrous, dotted. '^ ^,^^^^^\(>, 

 terminal racemes, the lower flowers verticillate, the upper ^^^^^^ 

 Feduncles 4—6 lines long. Calyx 5 parted j segments linea -^^ 

 late. Corolla I petalled, tube very short, segments 5, oDiong ^^^^ 

 late, dotted, much longer than the calyx. Filaments 5, shorie ^^^^ 

 the corolla, dilating and cohering at base. Style as long as 



mens. 



An ornamenlal plant which ments culture. 



Grows near Columbia, South-Carplina. Mr, Herbcmont. 

 Flowers 



