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 II CLASS, MESOGYNIA.— THE ME86GYXK8. 



94. Lyc.pvsan^niz-fAim. Leaves sessile, elongate, linear-lanceolate, a;umi» 

 nate, remote, serrate in the middle $ base dilatated ; whorls pauciflore ; bracteas 

 and teeth of the calix subulate ; corolla equal to the calix ; stamina hardly ex- 

 erted.— Found •:) western Kentucky, blossoming in August ; si^e one foot Pe- 

 rennial. 



95. Cn iir.n rerpentrria. Stern cylindrical flexuose ; leaves cuneate or oho- 

 vate-oblong, obius , nearly trincrve, undulate, smooth; flowers fasciculate, ses- 

 sile ; bracteas sub-petiolate, lanceolate, acute ; calix campanulate, shorter than 

 half of the corolla, pentagone, sinusses membranaceous, truncate ; sepals linear, 

 acute, foliaci Otis, carinale ; corolla tubul se. five toothed ; teeth erect, elongate, 

 obtuse, notched ; sinusses unequally toothed. — Next toO.ec/krofcMfiaand O. ca- 

 ii;:-i ; flowers straw colour veined with green ; five free stamina; filaments ri- 

 gv. c j anthers white, obtuse!) sagittal J. It grows in Indiana where its ruuUan 

 supposed to stupifj the venomous snakes and cure their bite. 



XXI. X. <. iLTSaMiics. Calix five parted, sub-equal, ebracteate; corolla tu, 

 bulose, bilabiate ; upper lip erect, sliort, bidentate, ainus obtuse ; lower tip <ri- 

 lobe, sinusses acute ; lobes nearly equal, rounded, entire, cone we. Stam'uu two 

 fertile under the upper lip ; anthers unilocular ; ^woaterile filaments under the 

 lower lip. Ovary oblong ; style cjmprcsscd above ; stigma bilamellate. Capsul 

 ng-cylindrical, unilocular, bivalve. m\rios;.erme ; receptacle central, cylin- 

 drical. — Vhia gen is differs from vrolio/a by the calix, corolla and capsul. The 

 name meaumnud flower. Habit of GitUioU and Underma; hares opposite ses- 

 sile ; flower.-. axilKry. 



96. 1'inaiitfiet riparia Branched, smooth, divaricate nr decumbent ; leave* 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearl) Jive nerved, remote toothed, thickisb ; peduncles 

 alternate upright, as long as the haves ; sepals of the calix subulate, shorter than 

 the capsul — It grows"on the overflowed banks and islands of the Ohio and tribu- 

 tary streams, ir.'the mud or even in the water. Stems quadrangular i flowers 

 pale bhic, lower lip marginated with white. It blossoms in July and August- 

 Annual. A variety has broader ovate leaves, hardly toothed. 



97. Cutcvtaparathxa. Stemlesa, parasite vcrticillatc ; whorls capitate asaf 

 dense; flowers sessile ; calix membranaceous, five parted ; sepals embricate, o> 



■ . lanceolate ; corolla lubuloae, quadrifiil, equal to the calix ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute; four stamina, no appendages ; Iwo longstyles ; stigmas capitate —In the 

 barrens of Indiana and Illinois on the stem ofrenioiua A \er. r singular phut ; 

 its st< ids are filiform and ren slender in tin ir youth , but dry and fade while the 

 plant blossoms. Flowers white ; blossoming in June. Annual 



93. Ciucvta acavti*. Bteroleag, parasite, glomerate, compact, amplectcnt, 

 dense; flowers sessile ; calix membranaceous, five parted ; sepals ovate, acute i 

 corolla campanulate, urccolate, 5 fid ; sepals short, ovale, petite; stamina five, 

 iir> appendages ; two long styles ; stigma Capitate. — Very similar to the forego- 

 ing. Is it only a variety of it ; Found on Eupateriwn, Spirea, Sfe. in the barrens of 

 Kentucky, blossoming in August ; flowers white, seldom whorled ; but in large 

 .amplexicaule glomerations. 



99. Gerurdia Urcigata. Smooth ; leaves nearly peliola'e, lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, pale beneath ; flowers nearly spiked, sub-sessile ; bracteas sessile, ovate 

 lanceolate ; calix campanulate, semi quinquefid ; divisions obtuse — An interme- 

 diate species between G.JIavaoTxillotu and G. g-levca or quernfotia, but very 

 distinct from both. It grnws on the knob hills of Kentucky, the Cumberland 

 mountains and the Alleghany. It rises about two fee;. Stem faintly quadrangular, 

 purplish, simple or branched. Bracteas small ; flowers yellow, la.;-yc, similar to 

 those of G.Jiava, and blossoming in July and August. Perennial. 



Ill CLASS BNDOGYNIA— THE ENDOGYNES. 



100. Sanbuan humilit. Perennial; stem herbaceous, flexuose, few leaved; 

 leaves five foliolate ; folioles nearly sessile, ovate-e!!iplical, thin. Serrate, acumi- 

 nate, terminal one lager and petiolate ; cyme terminal quinquefid; two short 

 binate and lanceolate bracteas. — On the hanks of the Ohio in Virginia ; it blos- 

 soms in June ; stem only one foot high ; leaves large ; flowers white. It will rc- 

 \>re ent in \merica the V FJnihu 



101. Cormis ebliqua. Shrubby j brunches nearly cyiinJ.ical, scmirugose dichtT- 



