PENTANDRIA. PENTAGINIA. $^ 



^i^mn- L- virginicum. Ph. Vulgo— Wild Flax. Virginian Elax. 



Fl. Beginning of July, and after. Fr. mat. Last of August. 



Hub. Old fields, and thin woodlands: Barrens, &c. frequent. 1 to 2 feet high: flowers yeliovr, 



GLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 



dflL. Flowers calyculate- 



129. FLOERKEA. iVm«. Gen. 337. 

 [Dedicated to a German Botanist, of the name of Floerke.} 

 Gal. 3 leaved. Cor. petals 3, small. Style bifid. Uti-iculus mostly twin, roundish, verrucose, 

 F. tTLiGiNOSA. Muhl. Leaves alternate, pseudo-pinnate; peduncles axillary, long, 1 flowered. 

 Sy7}on. F. palustris. Nutt. F. lacustris. P«rsoow. F. proserpinacoides. Willd. Nectris pinnata. Ph. 

 FL Beginning of May. Fr- mat. Beginning of June. 



Hab. Miry, shaded places; Forks of Brandy wine: frequent. 8 to 12 inches high: flowers white. 



.^ .^i^.-f^^lf l^ % '^fy ^e"'?^''' succulent plant, and disappears early in the season. By the latter end of June 

 ,t IS difficult to find a vestige of ,t When I first detected it (May, 1818,) I made out a pretty full descrj! 

 tion of it,-as I co«ld find none that was satisfactory in my books. Mr. Nuttall, however, soon afterwards 

 iurnished a very good one; which supersedes the necessity of giving mine. There was. al=o abo-it that 

 ti«?e, a tolerable account of it (thoug-h couched in a strange jargon,) published by M. Raiine'sque, in the 

 first volume of Silhman's Journal of Science. i c, m uic 



130. TRADESCANTIA. Nutt. Gen. 303. 

 [In honor of two English Botanists, Father and Son, nsiXned John Tradescant.^ 



Cal. 3 leaved. Cor. 3 petalled. .Fi/amenfs villous, with jointed hair. Caps. 3 ceHed, S valved. 

 T, viRGiNiCA. Ell. Erect; leaves long, lanceolate, channelled; flowers terminal, umbellate-clustered. 

 Fu/go— Virginian Spider-wort. 



Fl. Middle of May, and after. Fr. mat. Latter end of June. 



Hab. Moist, low grounds; meadows, &c. frequent. 12 to 18 inches high: flowers purplish blue. 



Obs. A succulent plant, and full of slimy mucilage: probably worthy of notice, as an emollient. After 

 flowering, the pedicels are cunous^ly parted into two ranks, and deflected, or recurved on each side, over 

 the base of the two involucres. It appears frequently to fail in perfecting its fruit. 



131. CAULOPHYLLUM. JVutt. Oen. 305. 

 [Gr. ITaulos, a stem, and Phyllon, a leaf; the stem resembling- a petiole, or leaf-stalk.] 

 Cat.. 3 to 6 leaved. Cor. 6 petalled; with a sub-reniforra Nectary on each claw. Drupe stipitate, 1 seede.1. 

 C. THAiJCTRoiDEs Mx. Glabrous; leaves supradecompound; leaflets oval, terminal one 3 lobed 

 ^jnon. Leontice thalictroides. mild. Valso-B\uo Cohosh. Pappoose-root. ' 



W. Last of April. j,,.. „^„,_ ^jj^jj^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 



Hab. Ogden s woods, near Ezra Cope's: rare. 1 to 2 feet high: flowers yellowish green; fruit deep bli- 

 i^t^'^'^^S^P^ butllookedin vam 



132. PRINOS. Nutt. Gen. 308. 

 [Supposed to be from the Gr. prio, to saw; in allusion to its serrated leaves ] 

 Ca.. mostly 6 deft. Cor. monopetalous, sub-rotate, mostly 6 parted. Bekrv 6 seeded; seed, nuciform- 

 P. vKRTTCiLi,ATUs. Ph. Polygamous; leaves oval, acuminate, serrate; flowers axillary, aggregated 

 .V.o«. P. Gronovii. M.. T./^o-Elack Alder Winter-berry. " ' ' 



F/. Latter end of June. jr,, „,„,. Beginning of October. 



Hab. Low, swampy grounds: thickets, &c. frequent. 6 to 8 feet high: flowers greenish white; berries red 



