118 



FITTONIA, 



55 * 



56 * 



serrulata. X M. 



"macrocarpa. X The fruit 



of this species readily distin- 

 guishes it from every other, 

 being remarkably compressed, 

 and furnished with four broad 

 wings. Hab. near St. Louis. 



57 *Orobus diffusus. t M. 



■ 



58 *Oxytropis acuminata. J 



*Phalangium esculentum. FL 

 bhie. The root of this plant 

 is eaten by tlie Savages of the 

 Missourie and Columbia Rivera 



60 Podalyria mollis ? J St. Louis. 



61 *Potentilla mollis. J M. 



62 *Pycnanthemum diclioto- 



mum. J 



63 *Penstemon anguatif olium. J M. 

 6i 



70 



candidum. "'' 



4- 



Ditto. 



71 ^Psoralea macrorhiza. J M, 



72 * esculenta. t The root 



of this plant is very generally 

 eaten by the savages of the 

 Missourie, and called by the 



Canadians Pomme de frairie. 



73 * 



grandifiorum. f Flower 

 about the size and form of 



Digitalis fnrfurea, and spon- 

 taneously subject to great vari- 

 ation in color. 



65 *- 



66 *- 



67 * 



' cristatum. J M. 



teretiflorum. J M. 



erianthera. % These 



five species were all collected 

 a considerable distance up the 



Missourie. P. grandifomm is 



nearly tlie commonest species 

 in that country, and it was first 

 met with near the confluence 

 of the. river Platte, from whence 

 it continues to the Andes, fre- 

 quently occurring in vast fields, 

 together with the scarlet mallovj^ 

 which form a brilliant object, 

 visible at some miles distance. 



68 Passiflora Intea. % 



69 Petaloatemon violaceum. % , 83 ^^Trosimon ciliatum. % M. 



incana. % M. 



74 *Bibes lougiflorum. t M. 



75 *Rudbeckia columnitera. J 



Spontaneous varieties of this 

 plant sometimes occur with 

 bright fulvous flowers, colored 

 like Tageles ^aUila : the stem 

 is simple, seldom producing 

 more than three flowers, which 

 are of an uncommon length, 

 appearing like a column of 

 flosculi, subtended by 5—8 

 neutral florets, and a simple 

 calyx. 



76 Piudbeckia purpurea, * sero- 

 tina. ;[; Stem somewhat branch- 

 ing and birsute,flowers brighter 



and more numerous. 



77 Saccharum breviharbe. J Near 

 the Ohio. ^ 



78 *Seseli lucldum- % M. 



79 *Stylosanthes racemosa. J Fl. 

 not seen. 



80 ^^Sidrrantkns integrifolius. % ^' 

 81 



■ pinnatifidus, Fl. of both 



these species yellow, aud con- 

 siderably like those of the 



genus Asier^ but from which 

 tbey are sufEcieutly distinct. 

 M. 



j 82 Sycios angulata. 



From St. Louis. 



84 ^ 



glaucum. X M, 



