30 - DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



lanceolate acuminate, ciliate. Petals entire, upper one marked with blue 

 lines, naked, glabrous, lateral ones bearded. Stigma tubular recurved 



Yellowish-white. %. April — May. Common in moist places. 6-12 in. 



11. V. MuHLENBEKGii. 'S/fi?^ glabrous, terete, weak, assurgent or pros- 

 trate. Leaves reniform-cordate, upper ones ovale, cruciaie. Stiputcs lanceo- 

 late, sub-pinnate, serraie, ciliate. Sepals linear, acuie, sub-ciliate. Petals 

 without veins, lateral ones bearded, and with the upper one marked with 

 blue lines. S/igma tubular papillose. 



Bluish-purple. %. xMay. Moist places. 6-10 inches. 



12. V. Hastata. Ste7n simple, leafy at the summii, nearly glabrous, 

 irai-e^ aliernafe hasiate, with obtuse lobes, and deltoid-la nceolale, slightly 

 serrate, on short petioles. Stipules ovate deniale. Sepals lance-linear ; lat- 

 eral petals slightly bearded. 6>.<^ma hairy on each side, with a furrow on 

 the iop. 



Yellow. %. May. Upper districts of Georgia. First discovered by 

 Dr. James G*een. 6-12 inches. 



13. V. Tripartita, ^'fi??! hirsute, simple, leafy only at the summit. Leaves 

 deeply 3-parted, the lobes lanceolaie, dentate, very hairy, sometimes ternate. 

 Stipules villous, lanceolate. Peduncles long with 2-minute, alternate scales 

 near the middle. Sepals acute. The upper petal streaked with purple. 



Yellow. %. March— April. Upper districts of Geo. 8-12 inches. 



14. V. PuBEscENS- Stem terete erect, villous naked belov/. Leaves broad 

 ovate, cordate, dentate, on short petioles. Stipules large, ovate, dentate. 'Se- 

 pals lanceolate. Petals striate, lateral ones bearded. Stigma globose, 

 stronsly bearded on each side. 



Yellow. 1L. April — May. Common. 6-12 inches. 



15. V. Canadensis. Stem erect, terete, nearly glabrous. Leaves broadly 

 cordate, acuminate serraie, nerves pubescent. Stipules entire membrana- 

 ceous, oblong, sub-ovate. Seprils subulate, entire. Petals enure, veined, up- 

 per one broad expanding, lateral ones bearded, spur short, saccate. Stigma 

 short, pubescent. Flowers odorous- 

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



(c.) with sterns^ stigma urceolate, hairy on each side. 



16. V. Arvensis. Stem angled, furrowed, glabrous. Leaves spatulate, 

 ovate, lower ones nearly orbicular. Stipules pinnatifid. Sepals ciliate about 

 equal in length to the petals. Petals with the lateral ones bearded. 



Yellowish-blue, spotted with purple. ^. May. Middle Geo. 10-12 in. 



Remarks.— The plants of this genus have been object of regard in all ages, and the 

 hearts ease is much and justly esteemed for its modest beauty. The palmata particu- 

 larly is very mucilaginous, and is used by the negroes in ih'eir soups. The roots are 

 all emetics, and the roots of plants belonging to this order, are met with in com- 

 merce as Ipecacuanha. 



Genus II. SOLEA. 



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

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

 the others eniarginate, Siamens cohering ; the two lowest 

 bearing a gland above the middle. Stigma uncinate. Cap- 

 sule S-sided, surrounded at the base by a concave torus. 

 Seeds Q-S large. 



1. S CoxcoLOR. Stem simple, leafy. Leaves obloner, lanceolate, some- 

 what erect, attenuated at each extremity, howesi petal twice as long as the 

 others. Stigma hooked, perforate. Spur short. 



Greenish. %. July — August. Mountains of Carolina. Near Table 

 Rock. 1—2 feet. 



