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Stamina decern, arete inddentia inter nectaria gcriDinij filamenta 

 carneo-rubra; antheia^ lutcse, clavato-saccata?. . 



Pistillum unicum, gerininc-quadrato aut potius pcntagona, sub forni- 

 CLito, globoso in^idens, stigmate subgloboso vitreo, 5-valvi, apice^ 

 poro natafo ; stipitc caruoso iluroj stipulis carneis demum mar^ 

 ciuis, brunneid obsito. 



i. Odorata. 



M. floribus campanulatis, in eapltulo agrcgatis. Sv 



A small plant, S — 4 inches liigh. resembling entirely in habit the* 

 Moiaotropa. '1l\\^ jiowers have the odour of the violet. It grows ia 

 rich, shaded lands, in Stokes county, Norfh-Carolina, generally covi-? 

 crcd with leaves. Flowers February and March. 



BIONtEA. Gen. pl. 72;). 



Calyx, 5.phjilu.s. Pe- [ Calyx 5 leaved. Pe. 

 tala 5. Stigma fimbiia- I tals 5. Stigma fimbriate, 

 {uin. Capsula l-locula- Capsule i celled^gibbousj 

 lisj gibba, polysperma. | many seeded. 



1. MusciPULA. Sp. p], s. p. 574. 



Walt. p. 144. Mich. 1. p. 2Gr. Pursh, 1. p. 304. 



Eoot perennial. Leaves radical, petiolate, 2 lobed, nearly rounds 

 folding up, armed along the margin of the upper surface with 3 or 4 

 ^hort spiues. Fetioles winged (as in the orange leaf), rather Ion"-cr 

 than tlie leaf, and without a fringe. Scape a span long, erect. Co^ 

 Txjmh terminal. Peduncles simple. Flowers white. Petals streaked. 



The leaf of this -plant possesses much irritability, so that when an in- 

 sect falls or alights on its upper surface, it closes, entangling the in- 

 sect with its spines and fringe, and detaining it as long as it con- 

 tinues to struggle. When tlie insect becomes quiet the leaf gradually 

 unfolds. Linn, loc- cit. 



Grows in turfy or sandy bogs, and is very abundant around Wil- 

 mington, North-Carolina, but appears to be confined in its habitat 

 ^ To General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who amidst the avoca- 

 tions of a long life actively and honorably devoted to the service of 

 his country, has paid much attention to its botany, I am indebted for 

 the only locality of this plant in this state with which I am acquaint- 

 ed. He informs me that it grows plentifully on the margins of the 

 creeks running into the Santee river from the south, between Lynches 

 Ferry and the sea ; particularly at Collin's & Bowman's bridge^t 



Walter also considered it as a native of this state. 



Flowers April — May. 



