Obdbb 91.— HTDROPHYLLACE^. 565 



— Ohio, to the Alleghany Mts. of Ta. 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, atam. 10" Jn. 



2. NEMOPH'ILA, Nutt. (Gr. ve^og, a grove, </)£Aea), to lovo ; such 

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

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

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

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

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

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



1 N. mierocalyx Esch. & Meyer. Glabrous, decumbent, branched ; Ivs. trian- 

 gular in outline, 3-oleft, or the lower 5-parted, segm. with rounded mucronato 

 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. evaneseens Darby. Elliaia, Nutt.) 



2 N. insfgnis Benth. Lvs. oblong, pinnately 1 to 9-lobed, lobes ovate, 

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

 ulato; seeds 10 to 12. Plant procumbent, in gardens, somewhat hairy,, lvs. 1 to 

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



3 N. maouldta Benth. Procumbent, with lvs. similarly lobed with the last, 

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

 fornia. 



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

 naturalist, correspondent of Linnseus.) 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-toothod ; sty. bifid, with linear lobes ; caps, ovoid-globous, 2- 

 valved ; seeds 4 or fewer ripening. — (D Herbs, with pinnatifid lvs. Cor. 

 white. 



E. Nyctel^a L. Ascending, branching, with few, scattered hairs ; lvs. 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) 

 ■ffoods 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 spot.9 at base inside. 

 May— Jl. 



4. PHACE^LIA, L. (Gr. (fidKsXog, a bundle or fascicle ; alluding to 

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

 tubular campanulate, caducous, 5-lobod, 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 lvs. and loose or dense, one-sided racemes.- 



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



1 . P. bipinnatifida Mx. Hairy, suberect ; lvs. incisely pinnatifid, hng-peiiolate, 

 lateral segm. 2 to 4, incisely lobed artd toothed, terminal trifid; rac. elongated, 

 forked subpaniculate ; cor. lobes entire, twice longer than the calyx, shorter than 

 fpometimes as long as) the stamens. i{ or @ "Woods and hillsides, Penn. to Ind. 

 (Plummer), Mo. and K 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, pubeseent mar- 

 gins. May, Sxi. 



