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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Jlooi perennial. SUm 2 — 3 feet high, pubescent. Leaves large, 

 spathulate lanceolate, acuminate, above scabrous, underneath tomen* 

 tose, connate at base. Floicevs sessile, verticillate- Calyx persis-* 

 tent, 5 parted ; segments linear. Corolla purple* Fruit a dry, hard, 

 dark purple berry ^ crowned with the persistent calyx. 



Grows in the upper di8tricts of Carolina- Dr, Macbridc. 



Flowers June 



-August. 



Generally though incorrectly called Gentian. 



The root of this plant is both emetic and cathartic. It is given 

 generally in the form of an infusion or decoction. It is bitter, and 

 given in small doses acts as a tonic. 



. Dr. Barton found it a good cathartic ; he gave the bark of the root 

 in doses of twenty and thirty grains j on some occasions it seemed to 

 operate as a diuretic. Vide Collectione, Part L p. 28. 



2. Angustifolium. 



T. foliis connatis, an- 



Lca^ 



r 



connate, nar 



gusto-lanceolatis, acumi- I row lanceolate, acumi 



natis^* pedunculis oppo 



sitis, unifloris. Sp. pi 



I late J p( 

 site, 1 flowered 



duncles oppo 



p. 9 



M 



2—3 



o/^e/« z^c icc^ high, hairy. Leaves spathulate, lanceolate, acumi- 

 Bafe, but much narrower than in the preceding species, slightlj sea. 

 brous, scarcelj connate. Flowers solitarj, on short peduncles, lo- 

 rolla yellow. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Muhlenberg. 

 Flowers June — July. 



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CAPRIFOLIUM. 



Bacca 3-locularis, polj- | Berry 3 celled, many 



seeded, distinct. CoroM 

 tubuIar,long,5clcft. Ca- 



spernia, distincta. Co- 

 rolla tubulosa, longa, 5, 



fida. 



Calyx 5-dentata. j lyx 5 toothed. 



1. Sempervirens. 



C spicisverticillatis,sub- | Spikes verticillate, soni e- 

 nudis,terminalibus;foms| what naked, terminal; 

 oblongis, subtus glaiicis, leaves oblong, glaiicous 



sumniis connato-perfoli- | underneath, the np^^ 



