riorula Lcxnigloniensis. 4 1 7 



Oh. A fjiurli taller sporifs than (he prorcdinj?, growing 3- 

 -' 't !iiu;li. very iniK.h luain lird ami covcrt-tl >vi(ha proni?i(»ii 

 • I -Miall sNiiito or palo purjiK uowrrs, with yellow di^kf. This 

 is one oftlie i^reatesl pests ofihc farmer, frequently so complete- 

 ly overruMniag meadows as to destroy the hay. Some repute 

 it mediiinal, attributing to it tonic and sudoriiie properties. 

 Flowers later than the last, and continues in bloom much lonj^er. 



36. Gr.xrs. PilACELIA. JvssJeu. 



{Drrir. Greek, Phakclo."^ u bundle, from its clusteiM manner of 

 flowiTin*:.) 



Class bth. PKVrjLVDRU—Gr.ln', MOAVGYjVLL 

 Gen, Ch* C\iltfx 5-clcft. Corolla 5-cleft. Stam^n^ exerted. 



Cupsvle 2-ceIIed, 2-valvcd, 4-seeded. Ell, 

 Sprcks \st, Phacelia Fimbriata. 

 Sp, Ch. Z/care.s pinnatilid, the lobes undivided; segments of 



the corolla fimbriate. Ell, 



Obs. This plant, abundant throughout the western country, 

 has at tirst glance the aspect and mode of flowering of an hy- 

 droph}lluni. The whoie jjart is hispid, the lower leaves som(; ' 

 what petiob'd, the upper sessile or amplexicaul; all alternate 

 aiid pinnatitid. Flowers of a pale blue are borne in a simple 

 terminal raceme, revolutc before flowering, become erect af- 

 tf^rwards. Calyx persistent. Style 2-cleft. Grows in clumps; 

 outer branches semi-prostrate; central more erect, rising to 

 the heiglit of 10-12 inches. Moist meadows — flowers from the 

 middle of April. 



37. Genus. CERCIS. L. 

 (Dcrlr. Greek kerHi of Tlicophrastus.) 



Class \0!h. DECA.XDRIA— Order, MOjXOGYMA. 

 Gni, Ch, Calyx 5-toothed, gibbous at base. Corolla papilio- 

 naceous, witli a short vexillum under the wings. Sr.ed vessel 

 a legume. 

 Species ]st. Cercis Canadensis. Red Bud. 



Sp, Ch, I^rrccs nearly round, cordate, acuminate, villoi:? rt 

 the axils of the nerves, legumes on short foot-stalk-. 



Oljs, The Red-bud, by which name it is universally known' 

 in thi^i country, does not occur spontaneously in the lt\el rich 

 lands immediately rouiul Lexington; but afi the tace of the 



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