158 STXGENESIA. SUPEKFLUA. 



42. * cfraciiis. Leaves oblong'-lanceolate, Incisely and 

 remotely serrulate, acute, subamplexicaulc, nearly smooth, 

 marg-in scabrous; stem minutely pubescent, summit co- 

 rymbose; peduncles filiform, 2 and 3-flovvered, lateral 

 pedicells longer; calix cylindric, imbricaled, partly squar- 

 rose, scales Imear-oblong, partly acute; rays about 12, lon- 

 g-er tban the calix. Hab. In the Savannahs of Kentucky 

 j;nd Tennessee. Distinctly allied to the preceding- and 

 also to the following". Obs. Stem slender as in ^4. surcn- 

 /osus, 12 to 14 inches high, purplish. Leaves about 2 

 inches lon.^, somewhat sputhulate, entire, or serrulate, 

 opaque and nerveless. Corymb 6 to 11-flowercd, (I have 

 before me 4 specimens each of them 11-flowered), lateral 

 peduncles longer and divaricate, central flowers almost 

 sessile. Flowers pale blue and small, but twice the size of 

 the following. 



43. coiiijzoides. Leaves cuneate-oblong, acute, opaq-jc, 

 3-nerved, serrate, uppermost nearly entire; stem simple, 

 smooth and rigid, summit corymbose; flowers glomerate, 

 sessile; calix cylindric, subsquarrosc; rays 5, shorter than 

 the calix. Hab. From Pennsylvania to Florida. /3. * pla?i- 

 tagiriifoUns. Leaves 3-nerved, cuneate-ovate, acute, and 

 sessile, subserrate, radical spathulatc; stem slender, upper 

 part pubescent, corymbose; flowers distinct, pedicellate; 

 calix partly turbinate, somewhat squarrose; rays about 

 5, as long as the calix. Hab. In the forests of New Jersey. 

 A plant every way smaller than tlie preceding, and much 

 fewer flov.-ered. Seeds of both villous. Probably a dis- 

 tinct species? 



44-. thyrsijioriis. -{-. 45. serotinus. 46. piiniceiis. 47 ■ Jlori- 

 hundus. 48. noin belgii. Scarcely distinct from the prece- 

 ding. 49. acuminatus. 50. dr<icuncidoides. 



Flowers paniculated. 



51. ample xicaidis. 52. adnlterinus. 53. l<£vigatvs. 54- 

 versicolor. 55. mntahilis. 5&. loevis. 57* concinnus. 58. 

 J^ellidljionis. 59. tardiforns. 6U. bicmdus. 61. Tradescanti. 

 62. recnrvatus- An extremely polymorphous and uncer- 

 tain species; panicle erect or curved, divaricate. Q)o.emi- 

 '}iens. 64. huvus. Scarcely distinct from the preceding. 65. 

 simplex. 66. poJiiphylius. 67. juticeus. /3. ^1. lanceoiatiis. 

 68. fragiUs. 



69. miser. Leaves sessile, cuneate-lanceolate, very acute, 

 serrate and scabrous, minutely pubescent; calix imbri- 

 cate, smooth, leaflets acute; disk of the corolla equal 

 with the rays; stem villous. Hab. In moist meadows, 

 near Philadelphia; common, htem low and rigid, often 

 simpltr; flowers n short simj)iC leafy, and axillary racemes, 

 partly secund and sessile, the racemes sometimes conglo- 



