PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA; 103 



1. P. hispid ; leaves oboval-hnceolate, acute, with 1 "! 

 papillaceous dots ; segments 01 the corolla subu- 

 :e. — Mich, 

 Onosmodium hispidum, Mich. 

 Lithospermum Virginianum, Willd. 



Hispid Fur ulna. 



A rough i ugly, repulsive looking plant, covered with hail? 

 and papillae. In Jersey, opposite to South wark, ami not far from 



the D sloog the natural hedges bordering sandy fields 



ed in honour of Mr. Frederick Pursh. Not very com- 

 mon. Perennial. July, August. 



95. HYDROPHYLLUM, Gen. pi. 267. (Borragir.ex.) 



fee 5 -parted. Corolla campanulate, 5- cleft, 

 with 5 longitudinal margined melliferous 

 grooves on the inside. Stamina exserted, 

 filaments bearded in the middle. Stigma 

 bifid. Capsule globose, 1-celled, 2-valved, 

 1 -seeded, 3 other seeds mostly abortive. — 

 Xutt. 



1. II. glabrous ; leaves pinnatifid and pinnate ; seg- Yiiginkaa. 



meats oval-lanceolate, with deep serratures ; clus- 

 ters ot* flowers crowded. — Pursh. 

 Icon. Lamarck, iluistr. t. 97. f. 1. 



Virginian Wattr-leaf* 



About one foot or eight inches high. Flowers ochroleu- 

 cous, or white ; I have w en then) blue, as Pursh - 



they are. On the east side of the Schuylkill, a mile south of 

 th«. falls, on the declivity of a woody hill, abundant. Peren- 

 nial. June. 



96. MENYANTHES, Gen. pi. 299. ( Lisimuchi<c.J 



Cu -parted. Corolla funnel- formed ; bor- 



der spreading, 5-lobcd, equal, densely vil- 

 lous on the upper side. Stigma bifid. 



Capsule 1-celled, 2 valved; a beminal n 

 cq tack attached to each valve. — Afott, 



