l.S.Sfi] BOTANICAL (iAZPyPTE. 83 



2. H. Aseyi'on L. Usually branching above, 2 to 5 feet 

 high : leaves ovate-lanceolate, clasping, mostly acute, 2 to 5 inches 

 long, about an inch Avide, pellucid-punctate with elongated dots: 

 flowers an inch or two in diameter, solitary at the ends of branches 

 and in terminal cymes : sepals lanceolate to ovate, acute, 4 to G 

 lines long: capsule ovoid-conical, 9 lines long; seeds terete, with 

 slightly winged rhaphe. — Spec. 2 ed. 1102; Maxim. PI. Nov. 

 Asiat. iv. 162. 



H. pyramidatum Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 103 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 158 ; Gray, 

 Manual, 84. 



H. aseyroides Willd. Spec. iii. 1448; Chois. in DC. Prodr. i. Mb, Hook. Fl. 

 Bor.-Am. i. 109. 



if. macrocarpum Michx. Fl. ii. 82. 



From Canada to Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and E. Pennsylva- 

 nia, westward to N. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, the Winnipeg valley, 

 and probably farther northwest. Also throughout northeastern Asia, and in 

 Europe. 



Our plant can not be distinguished in any way from the Asiatic, and was 

 included with it in the original Linmiean description {^'Habitat in Sibiria, Can- 

 ada, Pyrenseis.") Maximowicz (1. c.) has called attention to the identity of the 

 North American and Asiatic forms, and a careful comparison of specimens has 

 fully confirmed his opinion. 



** Styles united iuto a long, sharp beak, becoming distinct; stigmas 

 minute, not capitate : more or less shrubby plants. 



t Styles 5: capsule 5-celled : bushy shrubs with crowded leaves. 



3. fl. Kalniianuni L. A foot or two high : leaves linear to 

 oblanceolate, tapering at base, one or two inches long, 2 to 4 

 lines wide, pellucid-punctate with round dots, glaucous beneath : 

 cymes few-flowered : sepals lanceolate to oval, half as long as the 

 petals: capsule ovate, about 3 lines long; seeds abruptly and mi- 

 nutely pointed.— Spec. 783; Torr. Fl. N. Y. i. 8G, t. 13; Torr. 

 & Gray, Fl. i. 158. 



Rocky shores, Canada, Niagara Falls, and about the Great Lakes. 



1 1 Styles 3 : capsule completely 3-celled : branching shrubs. 



4. H. Bu(;kleyi M. A. Curtlss. Low (half to a foot), widely 

 branching from the base : leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed at base, 

 half to an inch long. 2 to 4 lines wide, paler beneath and more 

 or less black dotted : flowers solitary and terminal, on long 

 peduncles, .sometimes in threes, about an inch in diameter: sepals 

 obovate, not half as long as the petals : capsule conical, 4 to 5 



