si rETEANDRIA, MONOGYN1 \ 



rous, stipules \< ry long bristled ; flow era axillary 

 ^sile Solitary alternate ; seeds hirsute. — JJnh 



an J Pc.rsh. 

 Icon.buiiih's and Ablx tt's Insects of ( .corg. t. 38. 



A mtv ordinary looking plant, growing evcr\ whciT shun- 

 dauth in Maryland and Virginia, in and wastes, aiul >> ;.dy 

 roads, but extremely rare in th:s in. ighbourfaood, and (jin'« lo- 

 cal, l have never found it mar the city, except on the barren 

 Band) grounds a short distance li -in the Woodlands, ntai the 

 Darby-roadi Even there it growi Daringly. Flowers small, 

 white, witli a rosaceous tinge. Annual. August and later. 



76. HOUSTONIA. L* Gen. pi. 161. (Rubiacc*.) 



Calix 4- toothed. Corolla 1 pctallcd, funnel- 

 form, 4-ckit. Capsule 2-celled ; many seed- 

 ed. 



ccemiea. 1. II. stem erect slender dichotomous ; radical leaves 

 spathulate, those of the stem ob-lanceolate, oppo- 

 site, peduncles one-flowered, long. — ll'illd. and 

 Pur ah. 



Icon. Bot. Mag. 370. Pluk. aim. t. 97. f. 9. 



Sky-Blue Houstonia. Bluetts. Innocence, 



This beautiful little species, is one of our earliest blooming 

 spring rlowcis, and is universally known. It is extreme l\ | in- 

 mon Inroad . and in grassy Beldl and meadOWl | fiPC- 



queotly being in such profusion as to cover rods of ground. 

 Purah describes n blue and a white variety* Tin former only 



grows in this neighbourhood. N^t so common in Jersey, as 

 00 the Pennsylvania Bide of the Delaware. Perennial. From 

 earl\ Spring till Autumn. 



MITCHKLLA. L. Gen. pi. 174. ( Rubiacc ) 



Flowers by purs upon the same germ, supe« 



nor, — CahxA toothed. Corolla iimnel-iorm, 

 ttibe cylindric; limb 4 parted, spreading 



