IS TRIANDRIA. THIGYNIA. 



5S. LECHEA. Natt. Gen. 126. 

 flu honor of John Leche; a Swedish Botanist.l 

 Cal. 3 leave-J. CoH. petals 3, linear. Caps. 3 celled, 3 valved, with 3 inner valves. Seecs 1 in each c«li. 

 L. MAJOR. Bart. FL Phil. Stem erect, viilous; leaves oval-lanceolate, mucronate, hairy; flowers clustereci 

 Sitnon. L. villosa. Elliott. Fw/g-o— Pin-weed. 



Fl. Latter enJ of .lulv- Pr. mat. Last of September. 



■Hub. Dry, sterile! tanks: Barrens, &c. frequent. 1 to 2feet high; semi-frutescent: flowers brown. 



L Mi?.-0R. Bart. Fl. Phil. Stem assurgent; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute; flowers diffused, pedicellate. 



Fl. Beginning of August. Fr. mat. Beginning of October. 



Mab. Dry, sandy banks: borders of woodlands; Barrens: frequent. 12 to 18 inches high: floweribrowR. 



•CLASS IV. TETRANDRIA^ 



J^. Flowers StrPERioR. a. Corolla monopdalouu ■] 



59. CEPHALANTHUS. Natt. Gen. 12!). j 



[Gr. Kephale, a head, and Anthos, a flower; the flowers being collected in heads, or globes.] '^ 

 Cal. 4 cleft, small, angular. Cor. 4 cleft, tubular, slender. Receptacle globose, hairy. 



C- OCCIDENT ALTS. £11. Stem jointed; branches opposite; leaves opposite or ternate, ovate-lanceolate, entire..! 

 Vulgo— Button Bu.'ih. American Button-wood. Pond dog-wood. '■i 



JIab. Banks of creeks and rivuleis: Brandy wine, Pokopsin, &c. frequent. 3 to 8 feet high: flowers white. 



Obs. This shrub is usually small, and slender; but there is one by a rivulet in the SO acre woods, near 

 Wm. Hawley '.s, wliich is about iO feet high, and 21 inches in circumference, at the base. Mr. Elliott says 

 the inner bark of the root is u red as a remedy in obstinate coughs: and as it is moderately bitter, it may 

 probably be useful in certain cases. 



60. DIPSACUS. Nutt. Gen. 130. 

 [Fancifully derived from the Gr. Dipsao, to be thirsty; the stem leaves holding water at their junction.] 



Flowers in an ovate head: inoolacre many-leaved. Cal. Heaved. Cor. 4 lobed. Recept. chaify; chaff rigid. 



D. sYLVESTRis. Sm. Fl. Brit. Aculeate; leaves opposite, connate; chaff straight, longer than the flowers. 



Vulgo— WM Teasel. 



Fl. Latter end of July. Fr. mat. Beginning of September. 



iiu&. Brandywiue; Jefferis' ford; Marshall's mill; Downingtown, &c. 2 to 4 feet high: flowers purple. 



Obs. A foreigner; but.becoming naturalized. I am informed by Dr. A. Baily that it was introduced in t« 

 this neighborhood by the late Humphry Marshall. 



61. GALIUM. Nutt. Gen. 131. 

 [Said to be from the Gr. Gala, milk; from its property of curdling that fluid.] 



Cal. 4 toothed, small. Cor .rotate, 4 cleft, (rarely 3 cleft, & then 3-androus.) Cerm twin. Seeds 2, roundish. 



§1. Fruit smooth. 



G. TiNCTOj^.ii'M. Ph. Stems diffuse, smooihish; leaves linear, in 6's and 4's; peduncles 2 or 3 flowered. 



Vulgo— By er'» Goose-grass. Wild Madder. 



7*7. MJ'l'lle of June, and after. Fr. -.nat. Latter end of August. 



Hnb. Moi.'.t woodlands, and low grounds; Patton's; Bath, &c. frequent. 1 to 2 feet high; flowers white. 



Obs. The ripe berries contain a purple juice; and Pursh informs us that the Indians use this plant, (but 

 v.'hat r?-rt lie does not say,) to dye their feathers, porcupine quills, and other ornaments, of a beautiful red. 



C. AsPRELi.Uj/r. Ph. Stem retro-aculeate; leaves lanceolate, in 6's and 4's; flower-branches divaricate. 



Fl. Middle of July, and after. Fr. mat. INIiddle of September. 



Ilab. Swampy thickets; frequent: often climbing over bushes, several feet; flowers white, small. 



G. TRiFiDirM:. Ph. Procumbent; leaves linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, in fives and fours; corolla mostly triM 



Sijnon. G. Claytoni. Mx. Fu/g-o— Ladies' bed-straw. 



Fl. Beginning of July. Fr. mat. Beginning of September; 



Mab. Low srouiuig, and mciit places: Bath; Barrens: fre^iuent. 1 to 5 feet long: flowers ■white. 



