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entire, veined, upper one broad, expanding, lateral ones bearded, spur 

 short, saccate. Stigma short, pubescent. Flower* odorous. — Different 

 petals white, yellow, and violet. %. May. Woods. 6 in. 2 ft. 



c. With stents. Stigma urceolatc, hair if on each side. 



16. V. arven'sis, (D. C.) Stem angled, furrowed, glabrous. Leaves 

 spatulate, ovate, lower ones nearly orbicular. Stipules pinnatifid. Se- 

 pals ciliate, about equal in length to the petals. Petals with the lateral 

 ones bearded. — Yellowish-blue, spotted with purple. 0. May. Mid- 

 dle Geo. 10 — 12 inches. 



The plants of this genns have heen objects of regard in all ages, and the heart'* 

 ease is much and justly esteemed for Us modest beauty. The palmata particularly 



is very mucilaginous, and is used by the negroes in their soups. The roots are ail 

 emetics, and the roots of plants belonging to this order are met with iu commerce as 

 Ipecacuanha. 



Genus II. —SO 'LEA. Gin. 5—1. 

 (In honor of Mr. "W. Sole.) 



Sepals 5, nearly equal, not auricled. Flowers irregular, the 

 lowest petal 2-lobed, and somewhat gibbous at the base, the 

 others einarginate. Stamens cohering, the two lowest bearing 

 a gland above tfie middle. Stigma uncinate. Capsule 3-sided, 

 surrounded at the base by a concave torus. Seeds 6 — 8, large. 



1. S. Conco'lor, (Gin.) Stem simple, leafy. Leaves oblong, lance- 

 olate, somewhat erect, attenuated at each extremity. Lowest petal 

 twice as long as the others. Stigma hooked, perforate. Spur short. — 

 Greenish. 2£. July — August. Mountains of Carolina. Near Table 

 Rock. Culloden, Ga. 1—2 feet. 



Order XVIL— DROSERA'CEJS. 



Sepals 5, persistent, equal, aestivation imbricate. Petals 5, 

 hypogynous, marcescent. Stamens 5 — 10 — 15, distinct, mar- 

 cescent, filaments capillary, or flattened ; anthers extrorse, in- 

 nate. Fruit a capsule, 1-celled, 3 — 5-valved, with parietal 

 placentae, many-seeded, loculicidal. Styles 2 — 5, distinct, or 

 connected at the base, each 2 -parted or branched. Seeds ana- 

 tropous. Herbaceous plants, generally glandular. Leaves al- 

 ternate with circinate vernation. 



Genus I.— DRO'SERA. L. 5—6. {Dew-plant.) 

 (From the Greek drosera, dewy.) 



Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles 3 — 5, each 2-parl- 

 ed or multiiid. Capsules 3 — 5-valved, valves placentiferous to 

 the summit. Seeds numerous in several rows on each placenta ; 

 small herbs growing in wet places. Leaves bearing glandular 

 hairs. 



1. D. rotundifo'lia, (L.) Without stem. Leaves orbicular, spread- 

 ing, tapering at the base. Petiole long, hairy, appressed to the grouud, 



