ERICE^E. 215 



HAB. Margins of swamps. N. J. to Car. Aug. $ .<*-~Stem 

 filiform, erect, 2 feet high, often flexuous. Peduncles 1-4 inch 

 long. Flowers pale blue, smaller than in the preceding ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx nearly double the length of the capsule. 



4. L. claytoniana Mick. : stem erect, simple, pubescent ; leaves ob- 

 long, pubescent, obtuse, nearly entire ; radical ones spatulate ; raceme 

 virgate, naked ; segments of the calyx subulate, nearly as long as the 

 tube of the corol. L. claytoniana and L. pallida Muhl. 



HAB. Fields. Can. to Car. July, .Aug. If. Stem 1 1-2 2 

 feet high, generally simple. Flowers pale blue, as large as those 

 of L. kalmii, from 6 .30 in a raceme. I follow Dr. Torrey in 

 uniting L. pallida of Muhl. with this species. They are, how 

 ever, considered distinct by Mr. Elliott. 



5. L puberula Mich. : covered with silky down ; stem erect, simple, 

 slightly angled ; leaves oblong-oval, obtuse, repand-serrulate ; flowers 

 nearly sessile, in a 1-sided spike; segments of the calyx longer than the 

 tube of the corol, ciliate ; margins reflexed. ' . . 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Geor. Sept. '21. Stem 2 feet high. 

 Lower leaves obovate ; upper lanceolate. Floicers large, in a sc- 

 cund-spike or raceme, nearly sessile, bright. blue. Allied to .the 

 nextj but smaller in all its parts. 



6. L. syphilitlca Linn. : stem erect, somewhat hairy ; leaves closely 

 sessile, ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrate, with scattered hairs on the 

 upper surface ; raceme leafy, with the flowers on short pedicels ; calyx 

 hairy, with the margins reflexed. ,-/" ' 



HAB. Bogs, ' &c.- Can. to Car. Sept. If. Stem 2 3 feet 

 high, simple, hairy on the margin. Flowers on short pedicels, 

 in a long leafy raceme, large, blue. 



7 1 . L. inflata Linn. . stem erect, hairy, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, serrate ; hairy ; racemes leafy, somewhat paniculate-: cap* 

 sules inflated. '' iv . ! 



HAB. Fields and woods. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. Aug. 



> ' 0- Stem a foot high. Floicers numerous, small, pale blue, in 



leafy spike's or racemes. Plant acrid and powerfully medicinal. 



Big. Med. Sot. i.' 177. . Indian Tobacco. 



8. L. cardinalis Linn. : stem erect, simple, smooth ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, serrate ; lower ones tapering at base ?. spike 1-sided, some- 

 what leafy, with the flowers on pubescent pedicels ; stamens longer 

 than the corol. 



HAB. Low wet grounds. Can. -to Car. July, Aug. If. Stem 

 1 1-2 2 feet high. Flowers very large, bright scarlet, in a termi- 

 nal raceme which is from 8 10 inches long. One of the most 

 splendid plants in the Northern Section. Cardinal Flower. 



ORDER. LXX. ERICEJE. Linn. 



Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, nearly equal, inferior, persistent.' Corol 

 n ypgy nous > monopetalous, 4 or 5-cleft, occasionlly separable 

 into 4 or 5 pieces, regular or irregular. Stamens definite, 



