298 PENTANDRIA MONOGTNrA, ' 



1 



with hairs. The late flowersj as remarked bj Walter, frequetitly- 

 apetalous. 



From the V. sagittata, with which it has been confounded, very dis* 

 tinct. 



Grows in dry sandy soils. Leaves generally prostrate. 

 Flowers March — April. 



4. ROTUNDIFOLIA. Mich. 



V. acaulis ; foliis orbi- | Stemless ; l(^aves orbi- 



culato-cordatis, subdenta- | cular cordate, sligbily 



tis. glabriiisculis ; petiolo toothed, glabrous ; peti- 



pubescerite ; calyce ob- | oles pubescent ; calyx 



tuso ; floiibus luteis. | obtuse j flowers yellow. 



Mich 2. p. 150. 



V. claiidestina? Pursh, 1. p. 173. 



\Vith this plant I am only acquainted through the description of 

 Ot 31ichaux, wlio adds, that the sinus at base is closed. 

 . Grows in the mountaiijs of Carolina. 



Flowers 



5. Bland A. 



^ V. glabra ; foliis corda- | Glabrous ; leaves cor- 

 tis, reinote-serraiis ; ped- | date, remotely serrate ; 

 iinculis longitudine folio- | peduncles as long as the 

 rum ; petalis imberbibus, leaves ; petals beardless, 

 infimo reliquis longiore, | the lowest ionscer than 

 L iiceolato. WiUd. Hort. the rest lanceolate. 

 Bcrol. J. t. 24. 



Pursh, 1. p. irs. 



l^wT^^ff'^^/'^''^''"^^^*- ^/o.vers yellowish white. The two 

 Tvvlh. ' *"'''^'' ^^^^^"^ "^'^^ ^'"« ^^"Pes and veins. 



Grows in wet soils, from New-York to Carolina. 

 blowers April— June, 



6. CUCULLATA. 



^ V. acaulis; foliis Chorda- | Stemftss; leaves cor- 

 ti^, acutiusculis, glul)ris, I date, somewhat acute, 



basj cucullatis j flonbus glabrous, liooded at base ', 



