TETRANDRIA, MONOGYH1 \. 9\ 



m the ridge-road, under the shade of Abies Canadensis aiiJ 

 Juniperus communis, peeping above the fallen and dead 1< I 

 of those trees On the hilly shaded banks on the east »ide of 

 the Schuvlkill, a short distance south of the fulls. On tl>«- \ery 

 high banks of the same river, wrst bide, Bear sonic ezpoaea 

 *, above the falls a half quarter of a mile. Elsewhere I 

 have never seen it. Like the rest of the Gentianx, it is very 

 bitter. Perennial ? April and beginning of May, in common 

 ns. 



S4. AMMANIA. Gen. pi. 206. (Salicarix.J 



Calix 1 leaved, striate, 8-toothed, inferior. 

 Corolla of 4 petals, or none, inserted upon 

 the eaiix. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. 

 Xutt. 



. A. stem procumbent ; leaves lanceolate, narrow- aaaaifis. 

 ed at tlie base into petioles ; flowtrs solitary, op- 

 posite, sessile.— Mictu 

 A. ramosior, Walt, not of Wiild. 



A half-trailing subaquatic plant, with very small red flow- 

 er* — stem reddish. Near a pool, about a mile over Cooj 



k, after passing the bridge. Rare. Annual. August, 

 lember. 



85 8YMPLOCARPU& Salisbury. ( AroUex.) 



Spat/ia ventricose-ovate, acuminate. Spadix 

 roundish, covered \\ ith hermaphrodite flow- 

 ers. Cal'x deeply 4-p.irted, persistent, seg- 

 ments eueullate, truncate, becoming thick 

 and spongy. Petals 0. Style pyramidal, 

 4- sided ; stigma simple, minute. Seeds so- 

 lit try, immersed in the spongy receptacle.-— 

 Xuit. 



1. S. leaves ovate-cordate, acuminate, veined, en- foetid* 

 tire ; scape radical ; spathe ovoid, eueullate, acu- 

 min ite, depressed at the apex ; bracteas spathu- 

 late, without veins, glaucous ; Spadix peduncu- 

 late, oblong-oval, truncate at the base. B. 



