332 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



L. Claytoniana : stem erect, simple, pubescent ; leaves oblong, pu- 

 bescent, obtuse, nearly entire ; radical ones spathulate ; raceme virgate, 

 naked ; segments of the calyx subulate ; nearly as long as the tube 

 of the corolla. 



HAB. Dry woods and fields. August, 1|_; stem 1^2 feet high; 

 radical leaves nearly entire ; flower pale blue. 



L. siphilitica ; stem erect, rather hairy ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, un- 

 equally serrate ; raceme leafy ; calyx hairy, with the sinuses re- 

 flexed. 



HAB. Wet meadows. September, 7].; stem l\ 2 feet high, flower 

 on short pedicels, large, bright blue. 



L. inflata : stem hairy, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; racemes 

 leafy, somewhat paniculate ; capsules inflated. 



HAB. Fields. August, ; acrid, a foot or more high ; leaves cre- 

 nate ; flower pedunc., small, pale blue. 



L. Cardinalis ; stem erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrate ; raceme 

 secund, somewhat leafy ; stamens longer than the corolla. 



HAB. Wet grounds. July August, 2J. ; 2 feet high, very smooth ; 

 flower large, bright scarlet. 



111. DIERVILLA. 



D. Tournefortii. 



HAB. Rocky woods. June, T2 ; shrub 2 3 feet high, branched , 

 leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate, serrate ; peduncle axillary, 2 3 

 flowered ; corolla yellow. 



112. LONICERA. Honey-suckle. 



L. parvlflora : spikes verticillate capitate ; leaves deciduous, glaucous 

 beneath, all of them connate-perfoliate ; corolla ringent, gibbous at 

 the base ; filaments bearded. 



HAB. Rocky places. June, T? ; climbing glaucous, leaves ovate or 

 oblong ; flower yellow ; berries red. 



113. XYLOSTEUM. 



X. ciliatum : leaves ovate and subcordate, ciliate ; the younger ones 

 villose beneath ; tube of the corolla calcarate at the base, ventricose 

 above ; segments short, acute ; style exserted. 



HAB. Mountains. May June, ^ ; 3 4 feet high branch, spread- 

 ing leaves on short pet. flower axillary, yellow. 



114. TRIOSTEUM. 



T . perfoliatum : leaves oval, acuminate, abruptly narrowed at the base, 



connate, pubescent beneath ; axils 1 3-flowered. 

 HAB. Rocky woods. June, Q| ; stem 2 3 feet high ; leaves largt 



flower sessile, dull purple berries orange. 



115. IMPATIENS. Balsam. 

 I. pallida ; peduncles solitary, 3 4-flowered ; nectary obtusely conic, 



