Order 91.— HYDROPHYLLACB^E. 605 



— Ohio, to tho AUeghany Mts. of Ya. Stom a foot high, almost leafless, with a 

 terminal globous cyme of white flowers. Radical leaves 6 to 10' long, tho seg- 

 ments ovate-oblong. Corolla 6" long, stain. 10". Jn. 



2. HEMOPH'ILA, Nutt. (Gr. vfyog, a grove, faXto), to love; such 

 is their usual locality.) Calyx 5-partcd, the sinuses with reflexed appen- 

 dages ; corolla rotatc-campanulale, the 5-lobfs convolute in bud, obtuse, 

 the tube inside bearing 10 minute folds or scales; stamens included; 

 ovary globous, 1-celled, 2-valved, with 2 placenta 1 , free except at tho 

 ends, each 2 to 12-ovuled. — g) Herbs fragile, diffuse, with opposite or 

 alternate, pinnately parted lvs., one-flowered, ped. and cyanic lis. 



1 N. microcalyx Fisch. & Meyer. Glabrous, decumbent, branched ; lvs. triau- 

 gular in outline, 3-cleft, or tho lower 5-parted, segm. with rounded mucronato 

 lubes ; ped. slender, opposite to and nearly equaling the petioles; cor. small, about 

 twice longer than the calyx ; seeds 1 to 2. — Damp woods, Macon, Ga., Ala., to 

 Ark. and La. Sts. many, 6 to 12' long, or often but ?• to C, very tender. Lvs. 

 all alternate, less than 1' long, the petioles often longer. Fls. white, 1 to 2" 

 broad. Lvs. ovoid, pitted. Apr. (N. evanescens Darby. Ellisia, Nutt.) 



2 IT. insignia Eenth. Lvs. oblong, pinnately 1 to 9-lobed, lobes ovato, 

 acute, ped. longer than the leaves ; cor. twice as long as the calyx, rotatc-campan- 

 ulate; seeds 10 to 12. Plant procumbent, in gardens, somewhat hairy, lvs. 1 to 

 2' long. Pis. 1' or more broad, white with a blue border. •(■ California. 



3 N. macnlata Benth. Procumbent, with lvs. similarly lobed with tho last, 

 and with the fls. s white, with 5 large violet-colored spots on the border, f Cali- 

 fornia. 



3. ELLIS'IA, L. (In honor of Joseph Ellis, F.R.S., aa English 

 naturalist, correspondent of Linnseus.) Calyx 5-parted, equaling the 

 tubular-eampanUlate, caducous corolla, sinus naked; cor. tube with 5-pairs 

 of minute appendages within, limb 5-lobed; sta. included ; nectary annu- 

 lar, 5-toothed ; sty. bifid, with linear lobes ; caps, ovoid-globous, 2- 

 valved ; seeds 4 or fewer ripening. — (i) Herbs, with pinnatirid lvs. Cor. 

 white. 



E. NyctcLJsa L. Ascending, branching, with few, scattered hairs ; lvs. petiolate, 

 upper ones alternate, segments 9 to 11, linear-oblong, nearly distinct, sparingly, 

 dentate; ped. 1-flowered, opposite tho leaves, about as long as the sepals ; cal. 

 seg. triangular-acuminate, broad at base, longer than the tube of the corolla. — ].' 

 "Woods and river banks, Md. to Iowa and Ala. Stem 4 — 10' long. Leaves 1 — 2' 

 long. Calyx at length remarkably large for the size of the plant, nearly an 

 inch in diam. Corolla lobes obtuse, emarginate, with purplo spots at base inside. 

 May — Jl. 



4. PHACE N LIA, L. (Gr. (pdneXoc, a bundle or fascicle ; alluding to 

 the fasciculate racemes.) Calyx 5-parted, not appendaged ; corolla 

 tubular campanulate, caducous, 5-lobed, lobes entire, imbricate in bud, 

 tube within furnished with 5 margined grooves ; stamens 5, mostly ex- 

 serted ; ovary 1-celled, hispid ; style bifid ; capsule ovoid, 2-valved, 

 valves bearing the placenta) in the middle; seeds 4 to 10. — Herbs his- 

 pid, with alternate lvs. and loose or dense, one-sided racemes. 



* Racemes forked or corymbetl Xos. 1,4. ** Iiacemes simple Nos. 2,8. 



1 P. bipinnatificla Mx. Hairy, suberect; lvs. incisely pinnatifid, long-peliolatc, 

 laterql segm. 2 to 4, incisely Lobed and toothed, terminal trifid ; rac. elongated, 

 forked subpaniculute ; cor. lobes entire, twice longer than tho calyx, shorter than 

 (sometimes as long as) the stamens, if or (§) Woods and hill sides, Penn. to Ind. 

 (Plummer), Mo. and IS. Car. Plant sometimes nearly smooth, 1 to 2f high, 

 bearing several leafless racemes at top. Lvs. 3 to G' long, including tho pe- 

 tiole. Ccr. 6" broad, blue, the grooves bordered with narrow, pubescent mar- 

 gins. May, Jn. 



