S6S PENT AND KU MONOGYNlA. 



Soot perennial. Stem erect, simple, 2 — 4 feethigli, slightly anglcj 

 near the summit, pubescent, marked bj the decurrent leaies. Leaves 

 sessile, sometimes incised, pubesceat, silkj and dark green on the up- 

 per surface, paler below. Racemes leafy; peduncles 3 lines lono;, all 

 turning ^o one side. Tube of the calyx 10 neried, and the margin 

 firm as if bordered by a nerve; segments subulate, 3 or 4 times as 

 long as file tube. Corolla bright blue. FilameMs white, as long as 

 the tube of the corolla. Anthers bUe. Style as long as the stamens/ 

 Stigma compressed, gaping ? hairy at base* 



Grows in damp soil^, ditches, &c. jCommon*. 



Flowers September— ^October. 



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9. CARDINA1.IS. 



li. caule erecto ; foliis I Stem erect ; leaves 

 kto-lanceolatis, serratis ; broad lanceolate, serrate; 

 spica termiqali, secunda ; | spike terminal, secund ; 

 staminibus corolla longi- I stamens longer than the 

 oribus. I corolla. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 944. Midi. 1. p. 151. Walt. p. 218. Pursh, 2. p. 448. 



Root perennial. Stem 2— S feet higli, terete, simple, pubescent to- 

 wards, the summit. Leaves glabrous, tapering at base, and sprinkieii 

 tvith hairs. Peduncles 6—8 lines long, with a leaf at the base oi 

 each. Tube of the calyx glabrous, slightly angled by elevated nerm , 

 segments subulate, twice as long as the tube. Corolla bright scari". 

 FiUiments scarlet. Anthers sky blue. Style shorter than the stamens. 



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jBowering freely and luxuriantly, possesses singular beauty. A^ 

 is a native of the wettest soil, it requires, when in a gf ^'^^' ^", . 

 freely watered during the whole period of its growth, unless sftaut 



by trees 



Inhabits swamps and rich damp soils. 

 Flowers August — September. 



Cardinal f. 



This plant is used, according to Dn Barton, bj the Indians for dc* 



Stro/ing worms in children. 



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PINCKNEYA. Mich. 



Cmmla g-locularis, I Capule 2 celled, bear- 

 valvis medio septife.is. ing the partiUon in ")« 

 CcyroUa tubulosa. Calyx middleof the valves- ^ 

 laciniis 1-S bracte^for- '•''«« tubular. C«/y^J^ 



mibus. Fmmnta basi 1 or S segments res-n 



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