22 TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



by its prismatic capsule, which has given rise to the specific 

 name. Quite local. Jersey. In a moist coppice, or shrub- 

 bery, on the margin of a sandy field, a quarter of a mile north 

 of Kaighns' point, and about the same distance from the De- 

 laware. Perennial. July. 



22. Dilatris, Pers. Gen. pi. 82. Chides.) 



Calix superior, petaloid, externally hirsute, 

 deeply 6-parted. nearly equal, erect, and 

 persistent. Stamina erect, a little unequal. 

 Style declining ; stignva minutely trifid. 

 Capsule round, 3 -celled, few-seeded; (3-6 

 in each cell.) Nutt. 



Hermera. i, D. petals lanceolate, villose externally, pannicle 

 corymbous, tomentose, leaves long, linear, na ked. 

 Pursh. 



D. tinctoria. 



D. Caroliniana Lam. illustr. 1. p. 127. 



Anonymos tinctoria. Walt. fl. car. 68. 



Heritiera Gmelini. Mich. fl. am. 1. p. 21. 



Lachnanthes. Elliot. 



con. Mich. fl.'Am. 1. t. 4. 



Red-root. 



A downy, or woolly plant, about twelve inches high, with 

 leaves like those of iris, and a terminal corymbose pannicle of 

 flowers, petals downy outside, and yellow internally. Very 

 rare, and confined to a single locality. Jersey. In a swampy 

 meadow, near Cooper's creek, about a mile and an half from 

 Cooper's ferry (opposite Market street). Root a delicate rose- 

 pink ; hence the common name. Perennial. July. 



23. Sisyrinchium, Gen. pi. 101. (Irides.) 



Calix petaloid, tube short, border divided like 

 6 flat petals. Stamina, for the most part, 

 united below. Capsule roundish, trique- 

 trous, pedicellate beyond the spathe ; (lami- 

 nae in several species aristate.) Nutt. ' 



