PfcNTANDRIA, MOXOGVM A 



2. C. leaves cordate, entire or lobed, and panduri- pandurttw. 

 form ; calix smooth. — Sp. PI. 



Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol 1 . t. 23. 



'die- leaved Bind weed. Mechoacana. Mecha- 

 ■ck. Hjgpotatoe. Wild pot atoe-vtne. 



Trailing on the ground, or climbing fence posts and bushes. 

 Flowers large, white, with red bottoms and red internally 

 near the tube of the corolla. The root, which is very large, 

 and two or three feet long, is possessed off cathartic proper- 

 ties. A decoction of it has also been used, with reputed good 

 effect, in gravel. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) The leaves 

 on the extremities of the stems are very small. In the sandy 

 fields of Jersey, near the Delaware, and in the fields of stony 

 and loose soil on the west side of the Schuylkill, a mile above 

 the Falls, frequent. Perennial. August. 



100. PHLOX. Gen. pi. 284. (Pokmonia.) 



Calix deeply 5-clcft, prismatic. Corolla sal- 

 vcrform, border 5 -lobed, flat ; lobes cune- 

 ate ; tube more or less curved. Filaments 

 unequal. Stigma trifid. Capsule round- 

 ish-ovate, 3-celled, cells 1 -seeded. — Nutt. 



1. P. leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, with the macuiiw 

 margins scabrous ; stem scabrous ; racemes co- 

 rymbose ; teeth of the calix acute. — Sp. PI. 

 Icon. Jacq. hort. t. 127. (Pursh.) 



Spotted-stemmed Plihx. Spotted-stalked Lychnid 



A handsome species, from one to two feet high. Stem 

 green, speckled with brownish purple. Flowers peach-blos- 

 som red. In boggy and low meadow ground, in Jersey, and 

 on this side of the river, frequent. It bears transplant., 

 well, and is worthy of cultivation in gardens. Perennial. 

 July. August. 



1. P. leaves linear-lanceolate, very downy, with the pOm* 

 margins rcvolute ; corymbs nearl\ fastigiate, brac- 

 teate ; teeth of the calix subulate, acute. — S/>. PI. 



