Prof. Don's Monograph o/"Streptopiis, ^r. 529 



the leaves, and also of admitting them to a more free exposure to the air and 

 light. 



The American specimens differ in no respect from the European ones, except 

 in their shorter leaves and peduncles. 



2. S.roseus, hirtellus; foliis ciliatis, pedunculis recurvatis subbifloris, sepalis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, antheris bicuspidatis filamentorum longitudine, 

 stigmatibus stylo 6-plo brevioribus, baccœ loculis 4 — 6-spermis. 

 Streptopiis roseus. Mich. Fl. Bar. Amer. i. p. 201. t. 18. (mala). Pnrsh F/. 

 Amer. Sept. i. p. 232. Sm. in Rees Cyclop, in loco. Elliott Carol, i. p. 392. 

 Spreng. Si/sf. ii. p. 98. Schult.Jil. Si/sf. vii. p. 312. 

 Uvularia rosea. Per.s: Si/n. i. p. 3G0. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1489. (bona). 



Hah. in Carolinœ borealis montibus, et in Canada {Michaux) ; in VermontiPi 

 (Booft') ; in Sinus S'' Lanrentii insulis Esquimaux dictis. Audubon. 2/ . 

 Fl. Junio. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Boott.) 



Caulis erectus, teres, striatus, simplex v. ramosus, pedalis v. sesquipedalis, 

 infernè nudiusculus, foliisque iuiperfectè evolutis convoluto-vaginatis nui- 

 nitus : striis pilis brevissimis patulis copiosè ornatis. Folia amplcxicaulia, 

 cordato-lanceolata, acuminata, multinervia, membranacea, margine tenu- 

 issimè ciliata, utrinque glabra, supra viridia, loevia, subtùs glauca, nervis- 

 que prominulis subcostata, 3-pollicaria, pollicem et ultra lata ; suprenia 

 minus cordata, atque vix amplcxicaulia. Flores rosei, parùm majores. 

 Pedunculi capillares, subbiflori, recurvati, nee medio convoluti, dense 

 pubescentes, semi- v. poUicares, in superiore parte caulis plerumque sim- 

 plices, uniflori, appendiculati. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, apice recur- 

 vato-patentia. Stamina periantliio vix dimidio breviora : ^/rtme«/f/ lon- 

 giuscula ! liinc plana, inde linea elevatâ carinata : antherœ filamentorum 

 longitudine, basi sagittatoe, apice bicuspidato-aristatœ ! Stigmata 3, re- 

 curvata, truncata, stylo 6-pl5 breviora. Stylus staminibus longior. Bacca 

 sphrerica, prœcedentis magnitudine, 3-locularis : loculis 4 — 6-spermis. 

 Semiua obovato-oblonga, parùm curvula, longitudinalitèr sulcata, apice 

 chalazâ orbiculatâ fulvâ aucta. 



A very elegant species, bearing numerous drooping pink blossoms, which 

 are rather larger than those of the preceding species. It was discovered by 



