26 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



C. spiTHAMiEUs. Ell. Erect; leaves oval, pubescent; peduncles 1 flowered, nearly as long as the leaves. 



Syiion. C. stans? Mx. Calystegia tomentosa. Phi and yet the stigmas are o&/ongr ! 



11. Beginning of June. Fr. mat. Latter end of August. 



Ilab. Woodlands: Eachus's, and Parker's woods: frequent. 9 to 12 inches high: flowers white. 



Obs. A number of years ago, I found this plant in Parker's woods, whence I transplanted it into my 

 garden; where it grew luxuriantly, and threatened to become a nuisance. In the course of three or four 

 years it totally disappeared, and I could not find it in all the neighborhood. It however made its appear- 

 ance ae;ain in three or four years more, in considerable quantities; not only in the woodlands,— but also ia 

 the garden where it had formerly grovyn, so as to be quite troublesome. 



85. PHLOX. Nult. Gen. 193. 

 [Gr. Phlox, &Te, or flame; in allusion to the color of the flowers.] 



Cai.. 5 cleft, prismatic. Cor. salverform; tube curved, Pitonejifs unequal. StigmairiM. Cats. 3 celled. 

 P. MACTJLATA. Ph. Stem rough, spotted; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute; panicle oblong; flowers crowded. 

 Vulgo—YiM Sweet-William. Spotted-stalked Lychnidea. 



Fl. Beginning of June, and after. Fr. mat. Eeginnin- of A\jgust. 



Mab. Meadows, low grounds, and borders of rivulets: frequent. About 2 feet high : flowers bright purple- 

 Obs. A beautiful, showy plant; worthy to be introduced into flower gardens- 



P. PiLOSA. JEll. Pubescent; leaves linear-lanceolate: corymbs subfastigiate; calyx teeth long, subulate. 



FL Latter end of May, and after. Fr. mat. Latter end of July. 



Mab. Borders of woodlands; Bath woods: frequent. 10 to 20 inches high: flowers pale red. 



P. suBULATA. Ell. Procumbent; hirsute; leaves subulate, ciliate; corymbs few flowered. 



Fm/?o— Mountain Pink. Ground Pink. 



Fl. Latter end of April. Fr. mat. Middle of June. 



Hab. Barren Ridge; very abundant. 6 to 12 inches long: flowers bright purple. 



06s. This handsome little species is exclusively confined to the most sterile parts of tire Barren Ridge; 

 larg.; tracts of which are covered, and highly ornamented by its flame-colored flowers, about the last ot 

 April. 



87. POLEMONIUM. Nutt. Gen. W5. 

 IBoerh. says " s. Poly, (Gr.) multum, & ?nonon, solum, quasi multa folia unicum folium componentia."} 



Cai.. 5 cleft. CoR. 5 lobed; tube short, closed at base by 5 staminifei'ous valves. Stig. trifid. Caps. 3 celled' 



p. REPTAivs. Fll. Stem weak; leavespinnate, by 7's,9's, and ll's; flowers terminal, nodding. 



F«/,To— Jacob's Ladder. Greek Valerian. 



F/. Beginning of May. Fr. mat. Beginning of June. 



Hab. Moist grounds; meadaws, and woodlands: frequent. 12 to IS inches high: flowers sky blue- 



83. AZALEA. Nutt. Gen- 207. 

 [Gr. -<4««?cos, arid, or dry; because it usually grows in dry soils. De Thcis.'i 



Cat.. 5 parted. Cor. funnel-form, or campanulate, 5 cleft, unequal. Stam. & Style declined. Caps. 5 ciellet?. 



A. m.Tmyi,oRA. Ell. Flowers rather naked; leaves lanceolate-oblong; stamens much exserted. 



Synon. A. pericjymenoides. Mx. and Ph. Vulgo—WM Honeysuckle- Rosebay. 



Fl. Beginning of May. Fr. mat. Beginning of June. 



Nab. Woodlands: very common. 2 to 6 feet high: flowers mostly red,— sometimes nearly white, 



Obs. The vmiitira of this beautiful flowering shrub, are very numerous here; but I am not certain that 

 I have met with any distinct species. 



89. SOLANUM. Nutt. Gen. 196. „ 



, [Obscure: perhaps from the Lat. Solar i, to solace, or assuage; from its .supposed medical virtues.7 

 Cal. 5 c'f-ft. CoR. sub-rotate, phcate. ^?ii/i«rs partly united, opening at point by double psres. 



S- NJGRUJvi. Ell. Stem unarmed, herbaceous; leaves ovate, angled; flowers in umbels, nodding. 



fH?,£:o— Night-shade. 



Fl. Beginning of July, and after. Fr. mat. Latter end of August. 



Mab. About houses j gardens; and among rubbish: frequent. 13 to 20 inches high: floveers white. 



