No. 840, 
RHEXIA VIRGINICA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Native of North America, growing from 
New York to Carolina, generally on the 
edges of ponds and in wet woods and 
ogs. 
It is a beautiful herbaceous plant, having 
a tuberous root, from whence rises a quad- 
rangular winged stem, which is usually 
under a foot in height, producing several 
flowers: they are in season here in August 
and September. It is hardy, and cong 
be planted in sandy peat earth, either 
pots or out. A du c e 
separating the tubers in the spring. 
