l»ENTANDIirA MONOGYJTIA. 50l 



Hoot pprenjiial. The leavps afFord generally a fine exemplification 

 of a (jedate leaf, where the 5 interior j5e-;nients are attached to the in- 

 ner side of the exterior segments j the segments are sometinjes tooth- 

 ed, and the leaves occasionally sliglitly pubescent. Corolla blue, 

 large in proportion to the size of the plant. 



Grows plentifully in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia ;' 

 rarely found witiiin sixty miles of the sea coast. 



Flowers April — May. 



** Caiilescejifes, | ** With stems, 



11. Canadensis. 



V. caule erecto, tereti- [ . Stem erect, terete; 

 usculo ; foliis cordatis, leaves cordate, ^aciinu- 

 acuniinutis, glubris ; sti- | nate, glabi'ous ; ' stipule 

 pulis integris. Sp. pi. i. j entire. 

 p. Il6r». 



Mich. 2. p. 150. Pursl), 1. p. 174. 



Perennial. St^m simple, leafy towards the summit. Leaves cor- 

 date, dentate, with a long, tapering point; petioles scarcely exceedinfr 

 half an inch. Corolla white. Plant slightly pubescent. Stipule^ 

 very s?nall5 lanceolate. 



Grows in the muui^tains of Carolina. Miclu- 



Flowers 



w 



42. Striata. 



V. caule erecto, semi- 

 tereti ; foliis ovatis, cor- 

 datis, aciitis, serratis ; sti- 

 piilis lanceolatis, serrato- 



Stem erect, nearly te- 

 rete; leaves ovate, cor- 



d 



sti- 



pules lanceolate, fringed 



ciliatis. Sp.pl. l.p. 1166. j by 



V. debilis ? Mich. 2. p. 150. 

 V. canina, Walt. p. 219. 



Perennial. Stem much branched. Leaves acuminate, sprinkled 

 with hairg, on short petioles. Stipules lacerate. Peduncles solitary, 



variable, sometimes 4 inches long, frequently not an inch. Corolla 

 Avhito. 



From specimens collected in the mountains of Carolina, by Dr. 

 Macbride. 



The V. canina of Walter is a prostiate plant, with leaves obtusely 

 cordatfe, sometimes orbiculate ; peduncles one to two inches long, 

 stipules lacerate ; segments of tlie calyx very acute ; coioHa pale blue. 



Grows in St. Jolins; also on James' Island, opposite Charleston. 



Flowers >Iarch — April. 



