56 6 Oeder 91.— HYDROPHYLLACE.E. 



2 P. hirsuta Nutt ? Bred, branching, Bparingly hirsute ; lvs. pinnatifid, 5 to 7- 

 lobed the lower petiolate, almost pinnate, upper sessile, lobes oblong, acutish, thoso 

 of the radical lvs. rounded; rac. simple, terminal, 9 to 15-flowered, pedicels twioa 

 longer than the linear-oblong brislly-ciliale sepals. — A more delicate species, on 

 Stone Mt. Ga. and Ark. Sts. smoothish, 6 to 12' high, sparingly leafy. Cor. 7" 

 broad, violet blue, 10-spotted around the yellowish throat. Grooves obscurely 

 bordered. Stam. not longer than cor. May, Jn. 



3 P. parviflora Ph. Sts. weak, smoothish, x>rocumlent, subsimplc; lvs. all petiolate* 

 the lowest elongated, with roundish, remote, stalked leaflets, the upper with dis- 

 tant oblong-lanceolate, entire, acute segm. ; rac. simple, loose, terminal, G to 12- 

 llowered; pedicels at length twice longer than tho oblong-spatulate, smoothish 

 sejrnls; fls. small. — © Shaded banks, Penn. to Ga. Plant diffuse, ascending, G to 

 10' long. Lvs. with their petioles 1 to 3' long, lobes distant, small. Fls. pale 

 blue, 4" wide. Apr., May. 



4 P. coiigesta LTook. Downy-canescent ; lvs. pinnate, lfts. alternate, very 

 unequal, some sessile, others petioled, all incisely lobed, the terminal confluent; 

 rac. corymbous ; sop. lance-linear; cor. campanulate, twice longer than tho calyx; 

 stam. exserted. — CD Herb a foot high, in gardens, with numerous bright blue fls. 

 f Texas. 



5. EUTO'CA, R. Br. Calyx 5-parted; cor. deciduous, 5-lobed, imbri- 

 cate in bud ; nectary-grooves ; filam. exserted, -with minute scales at 

 base ; style half 2-clel't ; ovary hairy above, half-2-celled, 4 — oo-secded. 

 — CD Lvs. hairy, pinnately lobed or entire. 



1 E. viscida Benth. Glandular-pilous, viscid, branched, suberect ; lvs. peti- 

 olate, ovate, coarsely, and unequally dentate or lobed ; racemes scorpoid, at length 

 elongated ; sep. linear, a third as long as the tubular -campanulate, deep blue corolla ; 

 seeds GO. — Gardens. If high. Pis. near 1' long, f California. 



2 E. Franklinii Br. Pubescent, simple, erect ; root-lvs. crowded, caulino alter- 

 nate, all pinnatifid, lobes 6 — 7 ; rac. short, spike-like, cor. blue, spreading-camjmn- 

 ulale, a third longer than the calyx; seeds CO. — Gardens. Fls. numerous. Cali- 

 lbmia. 



6. CQSMANTHUS, Noltc. Miami Mist. (Gr. ic6o[iog, elegance, 

 avOog, a flower.) Calyx 5-parted ; cor. broadly campanulate, caducous, 

 5-clei't, tube without appendages; sta. 5, about equaling the (hinged) 

 corolla; nectary minute; ova. hairy except at base, 1-celled; sty. bifid ; 

 caps. 2-valved, valves septiferous in the middle; seeds 4, rugulous. — CD 

 Delicate herbs, with alternate lvs. Rac. long, bractless. Fls. small, 

 white or pale blue. 



1 C. Purshii. Nearly glabrous; lower lvs. petiolato, pinnatifid, segments few, 

 entire, ovate, terminal one largest, upper lvs. sessile, pectiuately pinnatifid, with 5 

 to 7 oblong, acute, lobes; rac. terminal, simple, 9 to 15-flowered; pedicels longer 

 than tho lance-linear sepals. — Fields and river bottoms, Penn. to Ga., W. to la. 

 and Ky. Plant 8 — 12' high, with slender branches. Radical leaves with obtuse 

 lobes, mostly shorter than the petiole. Cor. delicately fringed, light blue, 5 to 6" 

 broail spreading. May, Jn. (C. fimbriatu3 Nolte. Phacelia iimbriata Ph. not 

 Mx. * P. Purshii Buckley.) 

 2. C. firabriatus Mx. Much branched from tho base, pubescent ; sts. slender, 

 assurgent ; lower lvs. petiolate, pinnate, with roundisli segments, upper sessile-, 

 cleft into 5 to 7 oblong, obtuse lobes; rac. terminal, simple, 5 to 12-flowered; pedi- 

 cels about as long as the oblong-spatukite, obtuse sepals. — Mts. Va., Tenn. (Miss 

 Dana), to Ga. Sts. 4 to 8' long. Fls. white, delicately fringed, 4 to 5'' diam. 

 May. ' 



6. HYDRO'LEA, L. (Gr. vdup, water, eXala, oil; "a viscid (oily) 

 water plant.'') Calyx 5-sepaled, persistent ; corolla rotate-campanulate, 

 5-lobed ; stamens 5, adherent to the corolla tube; styles 2, stigmas 

 capitate-depressed ; capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, the large, fungous pla- 



