ORDER 91. HYDROPHYLLACE^. 565 



Ohio, to the AUeghany Mts. of Va, Stem a foot high, almost leafless, with a 

 terminal globous cyme of white flowers. Radical leaves 6 to 10' long, the seg- 

 ments ovate-oblong. Corolla 6" long, stain. 10". Jn. 



2. NEMOPH'ILA, Nutt, (Gr. vepos, a grove, </>^ea>, to love ; such 

 is their usual locality.) Calyx 5-partecl, the sinuses with reflexed appen- 

 dages ; corolla rotate-campanulate, the 5-lobes convolute iu bud, obtuse, 

 the tube inside bearing 10 minute folds or scales ; stamens included ; 

 ovary globous, 1 -celled, 2-valved, with 2 placentae, free except at the 

 ends, each 2 to 12-ovuled. OD Herbs fragile, diffuse, with opposite or 

 alternate, pinnately parted Ivs., one-flowered, ped. and cyanic fls. 



1 N. microcalyx Fisch. & Meyer. Glabrous, decumbent, branched ; Ivs. trian- 

 gular in outline, 3-cleft, or the "lower 5-parted, segm. with rounded mucronate 

 lobes ; ped. slender, opposite to and nearly equaling the petioles ; cor. small, about 

 twice longer than the calyx ; seeds 1 to 2. Damp woods, Macon, Ga., Ala., to 

 Ark. and La. Sts. many, 6 to 12' long, or often but 3 to 6', very tender. Lvs. 

 all alternate, less than 1' long, the petioles often longer. Fls. white, 1 to 2" 

 broad. Lvs. ovoid, pitted. Apr. (N. evanescens Darby. Ellisia, Nutt.) 



2 N. insignia Benth. Lvs. oblong, pinnately 7 to 9-lobed, lobes ovate, 

 acute, ped. longer than the leaves ; cor. twice as long as the calyx, rotate-campan- 

 ulate; seeds 10 to 12. Plant procumbent, in gardens, somewhat hairy, Ivs. 1 to 

 2' long. Fls. 1' or more broad, white with a blue border, f California. 



3 N. maculata Benth. Procumbent, with Ivs. similarly lobed with the last, 

 and with the fls. white, with 5 large violet-colored spots on the border, f Cali- 

 fornia. 



3. ELLIS IA, L. (In honor of Joseph Ellis, F.R.S., an EngKsh 

 naturalist, correspondent of Linnaeus.) Calyx 5-parted, equaling the 

 tubular-campanulate, caducous corolla, sinus naked ; cor. tube with 5-pairs 

 of minute appendages within, limb 5-lobed ; sta. included ; nectary annu- 

 lar, 5-toothed ; sty. bifid, with linear lobes ; caps, ovoid-globous, 2- 

 valved ; seeds 4 or fewer ripening. CD Herbs, with pinnatifid Ivs. Cor. 

 white. 



E. Nyctelsea L. Ascending, branching, with few, scattered hairs ; Ivs. petiolate, 

 upper ones alternate, segments 9 to 11, linear-oblong, nearly distinct, sparingly 

 dentate ; ped. 1 -flowered, opposite the leaves, about as long as the sepals ; cal. 

 seg. triangular-acuminate, broad at base, longer than the tube of the corolla (J) 

 Woods and river banks, Md. to Iowa and Ala. Stem 4 10' long. Leaves 1 2' 

 long. Calyx at length remarkably large for the size of the plant, nearly an 

 inch in diam. Corolla lobes obtuse, emarginate, with purple spots at base inside. 

 May JL 



4. PHACE'LIA, L. (Gr. ^a/ce/lo^, a bundle or fascicle ; alluding to 

 the fasciculate racemes.) Calyx 5-parted, not appendaged ; corolla 

 tubular campanulate, caducous, 5-lobed, lobes entire, imbricate in bud, 

 tube within furnished with 5 margined grooves ; stamens 5, mostly ex- 

 serted ; ovary 1-celled, hispid ; style bifid ; capsule ovoid, 2-valved, 

 valves bearing the placentae in the middle; seeds 4 to 10. Herbs his- 

 pid, with alternate Ivs. and loose or dense, one-sided racemes. 



* Eacemes forked or corymbed Nos. 1, 4. ** Eacemes simple Nbs. 2, 8. 



1 P. bipinnatifida MX. Hairy, suberect; Ivs. incisely pinnatifid, long-petiolate, 

 lateral segm. 2 to 4, incisely lobed and toothed, terminal trifid; roc. elongated, 

 foi'ked subpaniculate ; cor. lobes entire, twice longer than the calyx, shorter than 

 (sometimes as long as) the stamens. 2 or @ Woods and hill sides, Perm, to Ind. 

 (Plummer), Mo. and N. Car. Plant sometimes nearly smooth, 1 to 2f high, 

 bearing several leafless racemes at top. Lvs. 3 to 6' long, including the pe- 

 tiole. Cor. 6" broad, blue, the grooves bordered with narrow, pubescent mar- 

 gins. May, Jn. 



