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86. Azalea fragrant. Foliosiflore, leaves cblong-ctircate, TiiisUyciliate, hast/ 

 ac.ite. frml obtusely mucronate, glaucous beneath; umbels interfuliate , niultifioro, 

 bract: ate, bracteus scaly, ovate obtuse, concave, tube elongate, vi«c s. pilose, 

 stamina and style twice as long as the coralla — A beautiful shmb, three 10 fouf 

 ft ct liigh, growing on the mountains of Maryland and Virginia, rTIowt-rs large, 

 white, smelling like Caprifolium and blossoming in June. 



87. Oxulis molilalia Stemless, creeping, catidex fibrose, petioles flaccid, foli- 

 olesthin, obenrdale, dilatate, almost renifurm, smooth, slightly ciliate, scspe uri- 

 flore equal to the leaves, styles and petals longer than the stamina, petal, c: e- 

 ate emarginate. — This is the 0. acetosetla > f Pursh, but not of Linueus. 1 ft und 

 it on the summit of the Catskill mountains in the state of New-York. Petals 

 white, veined with purple, base yellowish, blossoming in June 



88. Uelphidhan ( Delphinium J Jtexvomnn. Nearly smooth, stem upright, sim- 

 ple, thick and fiVxuose, leaves on long petioles, palmated, divisions bifid, some- 

 what laciniate, lanceolate acute ; raceme thiek ovale, Sowers nodding, spur ad- 

 scciitlent, rather curved, as long as the corolla; capsules quatcrnatc.— - A small 

 hut fine species discovered on Puttie creek, near Pittsburgh. Tt rises only ■;.:■ 

 foot, it blossoms m May, flowers dark violet with a white palate, raceme often 

 with eight flowers. I have modified the name of Delphinium which was near!) 

 identical with Delphian* a g< mis of animals. 



89. Denun in parvifolia. Knot tuberi.se vermicular, stem slender, leav< s tiifoli- 

 tate, the radical ones with folioles petioiatc, ovate, acute, serrate, lariniate, those 

 of the caulinar leaves sessile lanceolate, serrate or entire. — A small species, rising 

 only four to six inches. I found it on the beautif..l banks of the Loyalhannaii 

 creek in western Pennsylvania; it blossoms in May, fluwcrsofa p !c rose colour, 

 stigma capitate, raceme slender, leaves small 



90- Silene miniata. Stem viscid, pubescent, Striated, leaves oblong, acute, pu- 

 bescent, the radical ones petiolate, <i; ; oi..:c and slightly undulate; flowers ter- 

 minal few, caBs viscid, cyliwlrical-clavate, decangular, petals obtuse, bidentate, 

 capsule globes -clavate, unilocular. — A fine perennial species, about afoot high, 

 leaves remote, flowers scarlet, like red lead :.\\i\ dazzling bright; but fa'ing ,i\ 

 drying. I have seen it 'sometimes with four petal, eight stamina, &c. it ma) be 

 probably necessary to re-establish the genus Morton of Adanson, coi taining the 

 speciesof.fi/eiu with unilocular capsules, in which ease this species may be called 

 Atocion miniulitm. 



91. Rumex lylvatica. Etcot tuberose, cylindrical, fusiform, stem angular, fur- 

 rowed, straight & simple, leaves petiolate, ovate, oblong, nearly entire, flat, acute 



at both ends ; raceme elongate, naked and articulated, calix w'ith the external se- 

 pals small, oblong, obtuse, internal ones or petals lacerated ovate, one granular, 

 grain spherical, very large.— Discovered in the wondaofwesiern Kentucky, blos- 

 soming m August ; stem hardly ovcrone foot high, radical leaves small. 



92. Polgronum punctatum. Stem branched, leaves broad lanceolate, acumi. 

 sate, dotted beneath, petiolate, sheaths nervcte mutic ; spikes dense, elongate, 

 bracteas ovate, acuminate, membranaceous, fl nun g rmiuate, nearly sessile ; ca- 

 lix unequally quinquefid, divisions obtuse, two larger, five stamina, two styles, 

 seed obtuse lenticular.— It grows in western Kentuck) and blossoms in August ; 

 flowers white, stem two or three feet high. The genus Polygonum must soon be 

 divided, tins th<m will forma genus or sub-genus, with the other species tun ine 

 an unequal cuh\, five stam. two st. and lenticular seed ; it might be called Chvlu- 



tinm. 



93. Polutronvm lerotimtm. Shrubby, stem upright, striated, much branched- 

 branches angular, virgSte ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-obloug, acute, smooth; 

 sheaths split laterally, lacerated, membranaceous ; flowers axillary, fasciculate, 

 pedunculate, polygamous : calix rhomboidal, unequally quinguefid, five stamina. 



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5w™/m!W r ?. e 1 c " , : ,,,red - This species will probably belongtothe genus 

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