200 GYNANDRIA. DODECANDRIA. 



fice oblique and j^aplng", the martrin elevated, dark purple, 

 ni.afose, interior dT tlie tube whke, spotted with purple, 

 stigrnas 3, anthers immersed in the stjle. »'?. hivautiif 

 Muh]. Catal. p. 81. v- v. Abundant throuti^hout Louisiana, 

 and aliiU^ the banks of the Missisippi, also on the moun- 

 tains of South Car(>rnia. 3. Strpentaiia. 



4. * hastata. Stem fiexuous, simple and erect; leaves 

 niostly sultcordale-liastate, acute; peduncles neaih' all ra- 

 dical, lip of tiie corolla ovate. ^4. sagittata ? Muhl. Catal. 

 Piuk. almag'. p. 53. phyi. t. 223. f. 2. Hab. On tiie moun- 

 tains of Carolina. Nearly allied to A. Serpentaria. Leaves 

 (in the specimen in lltrb Muhl.) attenuated, sublanceo- 

 late, auriculate, acute and pubescent. Perhaps a distinct 

 bpecies. 



Of this genus of 41 or more species, 20 almost exclu- 

 sively siirubby are indigenous to the tropical regions of 

 America, some additional species have also, no doubi, 

 been added by the i;^s;-arches of Humboldt, one of these 

 described by that celebrated traveller iiidij^enous to the 

 borders of La Madalena, produces flowers of sucli extra- 

 ordinary magnitude and tenacity as toalibrd hats for chil- 

 dren; tlie remainder of the genus is principally indig-e> 

 lious to the south of Europe and the Levant. 



IV.— DODECANDRIA. 



624. ASARUM. L, (Asarabacca, Indian ginger.}, 

 Calix siibcampanulate, 3 or 4-cleft. Corolla 

 no!»e. Anthers adnate to the inidille of tlie fjla- 

 inents. Capsule interior, 6-ceiied, crowned with 

 the calix. 



Roots creeping, stems bifoliate, very low, producing a 

 single dichotomal flower. 



Species. 1. A. canadense. 2- virginicnm. 3. arifoUiim. 



Of this genus there is another species indigenous to 

 Europe. 



