

?36 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA* 



PHACELIA. Juss. 



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Calyx 5-ficIus. Co7'o/- I Calijx 5 cleft. O;ro/- 

 /flr 5-fida. iStamina ex- j ^a 5 cleft. Stamens cx- 

 serta. Capsula 2-locula- j seited. Capsule 2 celled, 

 ris, 2-valvLs, 4 sperma. j 2 valved, 4 seeded. 



1. FiMBRiATA. Mich. 



P. foliis pinnatifidis, | Leaves pinnatifid, the 

 lobis indivisis ; corolla! j lobes undivided ; seg- 

 lobis margine finibi ialis. j ments of the corolla fim- 

 briate. 



Mich. 1. p. 154. Pursh, 1. p. 140. 



The whole plant, but particularly the margins of the leaves and 

 calyx hispid. Root perennial^ cespitose. Stem assurgent, seldom 

 liranched, 6 — 12 inches high. Leaven alternate, the upper pinnatifid, 

 sessile, the lower almost ninnate and petiolate. Flowers in a simple 

 terminal raceme, re volute before flowering, becoming erect afterxrards. 

 Calya^ persistent. Style 2 cleft, longer than the stamens. Stigmas 

 simple. 



From specimens sent from Athens, Georgia, by Mr. Green# 



Flowers 



SPIGELIA. Gen. pl. S72. 



Corolla infundibulifor- | Corolla funnel shaped 



, 2 



mis. Capsula didynia, j Capsule didymous 

 2-locularis, polysperma. | cclledj many seeded. 



1. Marilandica. 



S. caule tetragoiio ; [ Stenn square ; leaves 



foliis omnibus oppositis. | all ojiposite. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. S25. 



Walt. p. 92. 

 Mich. 1. p. 147. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem lierbaceous, G— 20 inclies Ig 

 branching near the base, sliglitly winged, towards the s""*"". P ^^j 

 cent. Leaves sessile, ovute-lanceokte, acute, with the !"^^^' ujjj 

 veins underneatli pubescent. Flowers in a simple, terminal, 



Calyx 5 leaved, persistent, leaves subuhite, acut^'? ^ 



raceme 



serrulate. Corolla 1 petalU-d, tube angled, ventncosc, ^ u^^^^^ 

 long as the calyx, yellow within, crimson ^TJ^^J shorter 

 5 cleft I segments acute, somewhat expanded. I^narnn 



