PENTANDRIA. DIGYMA. 29 



122. Lobelia. L. 



1 Kalmii. L. On the island of New-York. LeConte. 



2 pallida. Muhl. In damp woods. Long-Island, three 



miles from Brooklyn. 0. July — August, pale blue. 



3 Claytoniana. Mx. On the hills at Weehawk, &c. 



July — Aug. pale blue. 



4 inflata. L. ( Indian tobacco.) In fields and pastures, u. 



July — Sept. 



5 cardinalis. L. (Cardinal flower. J Wet meadows and 



shady thickets. 11 . July — Sept. scarlet. 



6 siphilitica. L. In wet boggy meadows. New- York. % . 



Aug. — Sept. blue. 



123. Sabbatia. Adanson. 



1 gracilis. Salisb. 

 Chironia campanulata. L. 



gracilis. Mx. 

 In wet meadows. New- York. % . Aug. red. 



2 stellaris. Ph. 

 gracilis. Ell. 



In salt marshes and on the sea coast. U ? Aug. — Oct. rose- 

 coloured. 



3 angularis. Ph. (American centaury.) 

 Chironia angularis. L. 



In wet meadows. New- York and Long-Island. % . Aug. red. 



4 chloroides. Ph. 

 Chironia chloroides. Mx. 

 Chlora dodecandra. L. 



In Hackensack meadows. Dr. Eddy. v. s. it . Aug. red. 



5 paniculata. Ph. 

 Chironia paniculata. Mx. 

 Swertia diiformis. L. (Ph.) 



In bog meadows, u . July, white. 



DIGYNIA. 



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124. Apoctnum. L. Dog's bane. 



1 androsaemifolium. L. Br. Along hedges. Greenwich. 

 U . June — July, pale red. 



2 pubescens. Br. (Indian hemp. J 

 caunabinum. Mx. Ph. 



Borders of fields. Brooklyn, &c. Long-Island, u . June 

 — Aug. greenish. 



3 cannabinum. Ell. Br. ? 

 hypericifolium. Ait. 



On the banks of the Hudson, near Manhattanville. K. Ju- 

 ly, greenish. 



125. Asclepias. L. Swallow-wort. Silk-weed. Jlilk-weed. 



1 Syriaca. L. (Silk-plant.) Fields and moist meadows 



U. July — Aug. purple. 



2 phytolaccoides. Lyon. Vh. 



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