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externally margined with light yellowish-brown. Tail-feathers dusky, 

 margined externally with yellowish-brown. The under parts pale yel- 

 lowish-grey, the breast, sides, and throat, spotted with brownish-black. 



Length 5 inches, bill along the ridge |, along the gap nearly | ; 

 tarsus §, middle toe f , hind toe the same. 



The Indian Pink-root or Worm-grass. 



Spigelia marilandica, Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 139. Fig. 1. of the Plate — 

 Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Apocine^, Juss, 



Stem tetragonal, all the leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate. Flowers 

 rich carmine, in a terminal spike. This plant is perennial, flowers in the 

 summer months, and grows in rich soil by the margins of woods, in the 

 Middle States. The roots are used as a vermifuge. 



Phlox aristata, Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 130. Fig. 2, of the Plate. — Pentak- 

 DRiA Monogynia, Linn. Polemonia, Jtiss. 



This species is characterized by its erect, feeble stem, its linear-lan- 

 ceolate leaves, lax fastigiate panicle, twin pedicels, oboval segments of the 

 corolla, pubescent curved tube, and long subulate calycine teeth. The 

 corolla is rose-colom-ed, but varies in tint, being sometimes nearly white, 

 and sometimes deep red. It is perennial, flowers in the summer months, 

 and occurs in the Middle and Atlantic States. 



