HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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9 



AUREA. 



Walt. 



A. floribus subsessili- 



Flowers nearly sessile, 



bus, brevitcr tubulosis, j somewhat campanulate, 



subcampanulatis ; corolla 

 marcida ruffosa. scaber- 



cavinu: 



corolla 

 very scabrous. 



Walt. p. 121. Mich. 1. p. 190. Tursh, 1. p. 225. 



rim a. 



with short tubes ; the de- 



rugose, 



IJiave used the chafacters of Michaux for these two species with- 

 out being satisfied with them. Except in tlie colour and %ure of the 



^« ^1I„ i.\ :„ A-.cr ^ '- h ■' "- ' I 1 . !• 



the game pine barren, and flowering together j but 1 have seen the 



A. aurea, in Bryan county, Georgia, growing in very dry oak land, a 

 situation in which the A. farinosa is rarely it ever found. 



Grows commonly in damp pine barrens* 



Flowers May — June, 



Star-grass, (so called from the disposition of the radical leaves.) 

 The root of both these plants is a harsh bitter, ami is often given, in- 

 fused in vinegar, with success in intermittents attended with dronsi- 



cal swellings. 



"When given in sufficient quantity it acts as a purge. 



ASPARAGUS. Gen. tl. 573. 



Corolla infera, 6 partita, 

 erecta, laciniis 3 interiori- 



ca 

 ma 



pice re 

 Jocular 



flexis 



Ba 



Corolla inferior, 6 part- 

 ed, erect, the 3 interior 



eflected at the 



celled. 



polysper- summit. Berry 



3 



1. OrtfTCINALIS 



many seeded 



A 



herbaceo 



mi, erecto, tereti : foliis 



Stem herbaceous 



d 



erect, terete 



lis subsolitai 

 Flor. Brit. l. p 



mollibus jstipu- j leaves setaceous, soft 



stipules generally solita 



Smith 



n- 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 150. Pursh, 1. p. 235. 



Boo< herbaceous, creeping, tlirowing forth a profusion of thick, suc- 

 culent fibres. ,^tem herbaceous, 4-6 feet hi-h. Leaves in fascicles, 



