62 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNiA. 



Vulgo—JVird-s neft- Indian pipe. 



Fi. Last of June, till September. Fr. mat. Last of July, anci after- 



Hub- Woodlands: frequent. 4 to 3 iaches liigh: whole plant white, succulent. 

 M. LANUGINOSA. 3lc. Octandrons; stem Epike-flowercd; flowers and scales pubescent. - 

 <S'/;?7j:.t. Hypopithj-s lanuginosa. Nutt. Fa/go— Pine-sap. False Beech-drops, 



FL Beginning of July, and after. F7\ mat. Beginning of August, and after. 



Hab. Woodland.^: Patton's: not common. 3 to 6 inches high: whole plant reddish orange. 



Of'.'. T':ese two plants seem so nearly a'lied that I have concluded to keep them together: T)ut if the ge- 

 nus Hypopithys should finally be re-established, it ought probably to be transferred to the.class Ootandria. 



b. Flov-iers h-regtilar. 



170. CASSIA. Nutt. Gen . 59S. 

 [An ancient name, of obscure etyKology.] 

 C»-L. 5 leaved- Con- petals 5. Anthers, 3 lowest rostrate, on longer filaments. Legume membvanaceous. 

 C. MABii.ANDiCA- rh- Leaflets in about 3 pairs, lance-oblong; racemes manyflowered; legumes curved. 

 J^iilgo— Wild Senna. 



FL Latter end of July. - Fr. mat. Beginning of October. 



Jiab. Low grounds: Brandywine, &c. frequent. About 4 feet high: flowers yellow. 



Obs. The leaves are said to be a tolerable substitute for the Senna of the shops. Previous to flowering 

 itis often mistaken for a young locust tree, by careless observers. 



C. NICTITAN3. Ph. Leaflets in many pairs, linear; peduncles clustered, few-flowered; flowers pentandrous 

 Fi/?g-o— Wild Sensitive plant. 



Fl. Beginning of Auj;ust, and after. Fr. mat. Beginning of October. 



Ilab- Dry, sandy banks: roadsides, &c. very common. 6 to 12 inches high: flowers yellow. 



0&'. The leaves of this species are somewhat irritable, like those of the Mimosa, or sensitive plant. The 

 C chamcscrisici grows about Wilmnigton, Del. but I have not met with it nearer to this place, except in 

 gardens. 



. fTl. BAPTI81A. Nuft. Gen. 400. 

 C 3 



Cal. half 4 or .5 cleft, bilabiate. Cor. papilionaceous. Stam. caducous. Legume ventricose, pedicellate 



S. t:wctcria. FH. Ghbrous; leaves fernate; leaflets cuneate-obovate, sub-sessile; racemes terminal- 



S>jnon. Podalyria tinctoria. IVUld- Ttlx. Ph. &c- Fu/'go— Wild Indigo. 



FL Middle of June. Fr. mat. ]Middle of September. 



Uab. Dry, hilly woodlands: very commcn. About 2 feet hijih, very bushy, or branching: flowers yellov/- 



172. SAXIFRAGA. Nxdt. Gen. 405. 



[Lat- Saxum. a rock, and frangot to break; from its often growing in clefts of rocks-] 



Ca.t.. 5 parted, persistent. Cor.. 5 petalled. Caps, birostrate, opening between the beaks, many seeded; 



S. viHGimCA. FL PhU. Leaves spathulate, crenate; panicle corymbose; flowers subsessile, crowded. 



£'j(!it'i!. S. nivalis. WUld.MvM. S. virginiensis. Mx. Ph. EU. S. vernalis, Big. Fu/go— Early Saxifrage. 



Fi- Middi-? of April. Fr. mat. Latter end of May. 



Kerb. Dry, stony banks; woodlands &c. frequent. 4 to 12 inches high: flowers white. 



►S. PENXSYLVANiCA. PA. Leaves oblong-lanceclate, denticulate; peduncles alternate, corymbose-capitate. 



Vvlgo — Large Saxifrage. Pennsylvanian Saxifrage. 



FL Middle of May. Fr. mat. Beginning- of July. 



Hub. Swamps, and low ground.":-: frequent. 1 to 3 feet high: flowers yellowish green. 



Ohs. This species is usually about 2 feet high; but I have occasionally met with it upwards of 5 feet high. 



173. ftllTF.LLA. Nnft. Gen. 407. 



[Lat, diminutive of Mitra, a cap; the ripe seedvessel resembling a cap, or little mitre-l 

 f^'AT.. 5 cleft, persistent. CoR. petals 5, pinnatifid, inserted on the calyx. Caps. 1 celled , semibivalved. 

 LI. DiPHYLLA. Willd. Leaves cordate, sub-lobate, acute, dentate; scape 2 leaved, leaves opposite. 

 Fu/fro— Bishop's cap. Bast.ird American Sanicle. Currant-leaf. 

 Fl. Lattc-vend of April, and after. Fr- mat. Beginning- of June. 



Jiuh. Rich, moist woo Jlands: Brandywine: frequent. 1 to2feethi:h: tiowcrs white, delicate. 



