Prof. Don's Monograph o/" Streptopus, ^c. 529 



tlie 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-pl6 brevioribus, baccee loculis 4 — 6-spermis. 

 Streptopus roseus. Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. p. 201. t. 18. (mala). Ptirsh Fl. 

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

 Spreng. Syst. n. p. 98. Schult.Jil. Syst. vii. /». 312. 

 Uvularia rosea. Pers. Syn. i. p. 360. Ker in Bot. Mag. 1. 1489. (bona). 



Hab. in Carolinse borealis montibus, et in Canada {Michamv) ; in Vermontia 

 (Boott) ; in Sinus S*' Laurentii insulis Esquimaux dictis. Audubon. 1/. . 

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



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

 inferne nudiusculus, foliisque imperfect^ evolutis convoluto-vaginatis mu- 

 nitus : striis pilis brevissimis patulis copies^ ornatis. Folia amplexicaulia, 

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

 issim^ ciliata, utrinque glabra, supr^ viridia, laevia, subtds glauca, nervis- 

 que prominulis subcostata, 3-pollicaria, pollicem et ultr^ lata ; suprema 

 miniis cordata, atque vix amplexicaulia. Flores rosei, pariim majores. 

 Pedunculi capillares, subbiflori, recurvati, nee medio convoluti, dens^ 

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

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

 vato-patentia. Stamina perianthio vix dimidio breviora : Jilamenta lon- 

 giuscula ! hinc plana, inde linea elevate carinata : antherce filamentorum 

 longitudine, basi sagittatee, apice bicuspidato-aristatae ! Stigmata 3, r^- 

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

 sphserica, preecedentis magnitudine, 3-locularis : loculis 4 — 6-spermis. 

 Semina obovato-oblonga, pariim curvula, longitudinalit^r sulcata, apice 

 chalaza orbiculata fulva aucta. 



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

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



