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

 short, saccate. Stigma short, pubescent. Flowers odorous. — Different 

 petals White, yellow, and violet. If. May. Woods. 6 in. 2 ft. 



c. With stents. Stigma urceoJate, hairy- on each side. 



16. A", akykn'sis, (I). C.) Stem angled, furrowed, glabrous. Leaves 

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

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

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

 dle Geo. 10 — 12 inches. 



The plants of this tends have heen objects of regard in all ages and the heart's 

 ease is much and justly esteemed for its modest beauty. The palmnta particularly 

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

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



Ipecacuanha, 



Genus II.— SO'LEA. Gin. 5—1. 

 (In honor of Mr. W. Sole.) 



Sepals 5. nearly equal, ;iot auricled. Floivers irregular, the 



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



others emarginate. Stamens coherino;, the two lowest bearing; 



ad above the middle. Stigma uncinate. Capsule 3-sided, 



surrounded at the base by a concave torus. Seeds G — S, large. 



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

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

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

 Greenish. 11. July — August. Mountains of Carolina. JSear Table 

 Rock. Culloden, Ga. 1—2 feet. 



Order XVII.— DROSERA'CE^E. 



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- 

 18. Herbaceous plants, generally glandular. Leaves al- 

 ternate with circinate vernation. 



Gexus I— DROSE'RA. L. 5—6. {Dew-plant.) 

 (From the Greek drosera, dewy.) 



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

 ed or muititid. 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 



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

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



