ORDER 91. HYDROPHYLLACEJE. 5G5 



Ohio, to the Alleghany Mta. of Va. Stem a foot high, almost leafless, with a 

 terminal g'.obous cyme of white flowers. Radical leaves 6 to 10' long, the seg- 

 ments ovate-oblong. Corolla 6" long, stam. 10". Jn. 



2. NEMOPH'ILA, Nutt. (Gr. vt'/iof, a grove, <fA,t'w, to love; such 

 is their usual locality.) Calyx 5-parted, tlie sinuses with reflcxed appen- 

 dages ; corolla rotate-campanulate, the 5-lobes convolute in bud, obtuse, 

 the tube inside bearing 10 minute folds or scales; stamens included; 

 ovary globous, 1-celled, 2-valved, with 2 placentae, free except at the 

 ends, each 2 to 12-ovuled. CD Herbs fragile, diffuse, with opposite or 

 alternate, pinnately parted Ivs., one-flowered, ped. and cyanic Us. 



1 N. microcalyx Fisch. & Meyer. Glabrous, decumbent, branched : Ivs. trian- 

 gular in outline, 3-cleft, or the lower 5-parted, segm. with rounded mucronato 

 lobos ; ped. slender, opposite to and nearly equaling the petioles ; cor. small, about 

 twice longer than tbe calyx ; seeds 1 to 2. Damp woods, Macon. Ga., Ala., to 

 Ark. and La. Sts. many, G to 12' long, or often but 3 to G', very tender. Lvs. 

 all alternate, less than 1' long, the petioles often longer. Fls. white, 1 to 2" 

 broad. Lvs. ovoid, pitted. Apr. (X. ovanescens Darby. Ellisia, Nutt.) 



2 N. insfgnis Benth. Lvs. oblong, pinnately 7 to 9-lobed, lobes ovate, 

 acute, ped. longer than the leaves; cor. twica as long as the calyx, rotate-cam pan- 

 ulato; seeds 10 to 12. Plant procumbent, in gardens, somewhat hairy, Ivs. 1 to 

 2' long. Fls. 1' or more broad, white with a bins border. ) California. 



3 N. maculata Benth. Procumbent, with Ivs. similarly lobed with the last, 

 and with the fls. white, with 5 largo violet-colored spots on the border, -j- Cali- 

 fornia. 



3. ELLIS IA, L. (In honor of Joseph Ellis, F.R.S., an English 

 naturalist, correspondent of Linnasus.) Calyx 5-parted, equaling the 

 tubular-campanulate, caducous corolla, sinus naked; cor. tube with 5-pairs 

 of minute appendages within, limb 5-lobed; sta. included ; nectary annu- 

 lar, 5-toothcd ; sty. bifid, with linear lobes ; caps, ovoid-globous, 2- 

 valved; seeds 4 or fewer ripening. (I) Herbs, with pinnatifid Ivs. Cor. 

 white. 



E. Nyctel^a L. Ascending, branching, with few, scattered hairs ; Ivs. petiolate, 

 upper ones alternate, segments 9 to 11, linear-oblong, nearly distinct, sparingly 

 dentate ; ped. 1-flowered, opposite the leaves, about as long as the sepals ; cal. 

 seg. triangular-acuminate, broad at base, longer than the tube of the corolla. Q) 

 Woods and river banks, Md. to Iowa and Ala, Stem 4 10' long. Leaves 1 2' 

 long. Calyx at length remarkably large for the size of the plant, nearly an 

 incli in diam. Corolla lobes obtuse, emarginate, with purple spots at base inside. 

 May JL 



4. PHACE'LIA, L. (Gr. 0rfeAo?, a bundle or fascicle ; alluding to 

 the fasciculate racemes.) Calyx 5-parted, not appendaged ; corolla 

 tubular campanulate, caducous, 5-lobed, lobes entire, imbricate in bud, 

 tube within furnished with 5 margined grooves ; stamens 5, mostly ex- 

 sertecl ; ovary 1-celled, hispid ; style bifid ; capsule ovoid, 2-valved, 

 valves bearing the placenta in the middle; seeds 4 to 10. Herbs his- 

 pid, with alternate Ivs. and loose or dense, one-sided racemes. 



* Racemes forked or corymbed....Nos. 1,4. ** Racemes simple.... Xos. 2,3. 

 1 P. bipinnatifida MX. Hairy, suberect; Ivs. incisely pinnatifid, long-peiiolate, 

 lateral segm. 2 to 4, incisely lobed and toothed, terminal trifid; rac. elongated, 

 forked subpaniculate ; cor. lobes entire, twice longer than the calyx, shorter than 

 (sometimes as long as) the stamens, y or @ Woods and hill sides, Penn. to Ind. 

 (Plumrner), Mo. and N. Car. Plant sometimes nearly smooth, 1 to 2f high, 

 bearing several leafless racemes at top. Lvs. 3 to 6' long, including the pe- 

 tiole. Cor. G" broad, blue, the grooves bordered with narrow, pubescent mar- 

 gins. May, Ja. 



