PENTANDRIA M0NOG1NIA. 



^67 



uncles 2~S lines long. Calyx hispid. Corolla large, blue. Jnlhers 

 projecting beyond the tube of the corolla. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina and Georgia, 



Flowers Julj — September. 



r 



This planthas been considered as the Indian remedy for lues venerea^ 



tethe regular practitioners who have tried it consider it as deserving 

 no atteiition in tltis point of view 

 of being a diuretic. 



|)n Barton gives it the cliaractei? 



7. PuBERULA. Mich. 

 Lseiiceo-pubens ; caule 



Clothed with 



silky 



oblongo- 



wecto ; foiiis 



ovalibus, obtusis, repan- 



<Jo.seiTulatis ; calvcis tu- 



down; stem erect; leaves 

 oblong oval, obtuse^ re- 

 pand serrulate ; tube of 



|»o villoso, sinubus reflex- I the calyx villous, with 



IS. 



Mich. 2. p, 152. 



the margin reflexed. 



Corolla briffht blue. 



Aoof perenniaL iSi^«m 2 feet high, slightly angled, i^ctf^s sessile, the 

 w^er obovate, the upper lanceolate, finely serrulate, and possessing a 

 *l\y lustre. Peduncles 2 — 4 lines long, turning all to one side, bent in 

 ^•e middle. Tube of the calj^x short, villous, the segments lanceo- 

 ^^fij ciliate, three times as long as the tube. ' " 



^"^«s and style as in the preceding species. 



fliis species is very nearly allied to the preceding. It is however in 

 *i' its parts, but particular!}- in its corolla smaller ; its calyx is less his- 

 P"^? Jts lower leaves obtuse, and its stamens nearly enclosed, while in 

 weL. svn1.;iu,v« *u^., ..„ 1 -^Uo^ 4-u.. f..K^ ofthe corolla, 



ea high, very smooth; 



e^^ii. syphilitica they are longer than the tube 

 ^^^nes; a.irlabdla; \\it\\ a stem 12—18 inch 



JJ^^es hnear lanceolate, obscurely denticulate ; margins of the caljx 

 J^WIy reflexed. Seems to be an intermediate plant between thip 

 "i^^ies and L. glaridulosa. 



^lows in damp sods. Very common. Var. glabella in Chatliam 

 ^li'j7> Georgia. 



'lowers September—October. 



®- Am (EN A. Mich. 



^- caule erecto, piibes- | Stem erect, pubescent; 



f„^5^ 3 foiiis lato-lanceo- | leaves broad lanceolate, 



; spike 



secuud ; margin of the 

 alyx erect. 



spica 

 ^inubu 



tJuplicato-dentatis ; doubly toothed 



secunda 

 s erectis. 



Mich. 



calycis 

 E. 



2. 



P 



15" 



sypfulitica, Walt. p. 218. Pursh, 2. p. 447 p 



