CosMANTHUS. XCV. HYDROPHYLLACES. 437 
dentate, teeth obtuse-mucronate; fis. in crowded fascicles ; peds. shorter than the 
petioles.—2| Quite different in aspect from the last. Found in alpine woods, 
Can. to Car. W. to Ohio! Stem 12—18’ high, with large, roughish leaves, 
divided into 5—7 lobes. Fascicles of flowers dense, axillary and terminal. 
Corollas white or variously tinged with purple. Stamens and style much 
exserted, as in the last. Jn., Jl. 
4, Hl. mMacropHytium. Nutt. (H. hispidum. Riddell.) 
Whole plant reversely hispid with white hairs ; vs. oblong-oval in outline, 
pinnatifid, lower segments distinct, upper confluent, all incised intc rounded, 
mucronate teeth, cauline solitary or few, much smaller; cymes terminal, long- 
pedunculate, dense-flowered ; cor. glabrous except the grooves inside.—2 Ohio, 
Locke! to the Alleghany Mts. Stem a foot high, almost leafless, with a termi- 
nal, globose cyme of white flowers. Radical leaves 8—12’ (including the 
petiole 3—4’) by 3—5’, the segments ovate-oblong. Corolla twice longer than 
the ovate, acute sepals, half as long as the capillary filaments which are 9” in. 
length. Jn. ' 
2. ELLISIA. 
In honor of Joseph Ellis, F. R. S., an English naturalist, correspondent of Linneus. 
Calyx 5-parted, equaling the tubular-campanulate, caducous corol- 
la; tube with 10 minute appendages within, limb 5-lobed; sta. 
included ; nectary annular, 5-toothed; sty. bifid, with linear lobes; 
caps. ovoid-globose, 2-valved; seeds 4.—@ North American herbs, 
with pinnatifid lvs. Cor. white. 
K. Nycrerza. 
Ascending, branching, with few, scattered hairs; lvs. pinnatifid, petiolate, 
upper ones alternate, segments linear-oblong, nearly distinct, sparingly dentate ; 
ped. 1-flowered, opposite the leaves, about as long as the sepals; cal. seg. trian- 
gular-acuminate, broad at base, longer than the tube of the corolla.—@ Ill. 
Mead! to Va., woods and river banks: Stem 4—10’ long. Leaves 1—2’ long 
3 as wide. Calyx at length remarkably large for the size of the plant, nearly 
an — in diam. Corolla lobes obtuse, emarginate, with purple spots at base 
inside. 
3 COSMANTHUS. Nolte. 
G7. kocpos, elegance, avSos, a flower. 
Calyx 5-parted ; cor. broadly campanulate, caducous, 5-cleft, tube 
without appendages; sta. 5, about equaling the corolla; nectary 
minute ; ova. hairy except at base, 1-celled; sty. bifid; caps. 2-valved, 
valves septiferous in the middle ; seeds 4—10, rugulose—® NV. Ame- 
rican herbs, with alternate lvs. Rac. long, bractless. Fils. small, white 
or pale blue. 
1. C. parvirLorus. Alph. DC. See Ph. Eutoca. Br.)- 
Diffuse, pubescent; Jvs. subsessile, pinnatifid or trifid, segments oblong 
or ovate, sparingly lobed or entire; vac. solitary ; pedicels in flower longer than 
the calyx; sta. subequal to the corolla; placente 6—8-ovuled.—Penn. to Va. 
Stem 6—8’ high. Flowers pale blue, 4” diam., the lobes rounded and entire. 
Capsule ovoid, shorter than the calyx. May. 
2. C. Pursau. Wood. (C. fimbriatus. Nolte. Phacelia fimbriata. Ph. 
not Mr. P. Purshii. Buckley.) Miami Mist—Nearly glabrous; lower 
lvs. petiolate, pinnatifid, segments few, entire, ovate, terminal one largest, wpper 
lvs. sessile, pectinately pinnatifid, with oblong, acute lobes; rac. terminal, sim- 
ple, 5—10-flowered ; pedicels longer than the lance-linear sepals; lobes of the cor. 
fimbriate.—Fields and river bottoms, Penn. to Ga., W. to Ia.! and Ky. Plant 
8—12’ high, slender and with slender branches. Radical leaves with obtuse 
lobes, mostly shorter than the petiole. Flowers light blue, 4—5’ broad, spread- 
ing. May, Jn. 
