PBNTANDRIA, M0N0GYN1 \. i 



I'his is tin- trin riola bland.i, and is one of the few wild spe- 

 which axe fragrant In damp placet on the Wissahickon, 

 ami in bogs in , in company with V. lanceolata, and \ 



prim uli folia Perennial. April, May. 



. V. leaves oblong, suhcordate.rrcnatc, obtuse, aciawni 

 tin* base remarkably and abmpth decurrent on 

 the petiole, so as to resemble the leaves of Pri- 

 mula wris ; nerves pinnate) mid-rib on the up- 

 per side of the leaf with a few scattered hairs; 

 petiole on the under side as well as the nerves 

 on the same side, and the scape hairy : segments 

 of the calix obtuse, the 2 lateral petals a little 

 bearded, dowers odorous. — *\'utt. 

 \ . primulifolia, L., Vers., and Elliot, not of Pursh. 



This species has generally been confounded with V. lanceo- 

 which it much resembles. The late professor Barton, I 

 know, considered it the lanceolata, supposing 1 that plant to 

 in the abape of its leaves. I confess I always had doubts 

 of the identity of the two, but followed others till fully con- 

 vinced. Flowers white. Grows in damp places with No. 11. 

 Abundant, particularly in Jersey. Perennial. May. 



11. V. leaves perfectly smooth, acute and sub- lanceouu. 

 irate, gradually attenuated down the petiole ; 

 ■ ginents of the calix acute; petals all beard- 

 less : stigma recurved, distinctly rostrate, capi- 

 tulum roundish almost without margin. Flow- 

 i is inodorous. — *Yutt. 



Leaves strictly lanceolate, varying- in length, from one and a 

 half, to three inches, and never exceeding three-fourths of an 

 inch in breadth. Very common in boggy ground in Jersey ; on 

 the low grounds bordering tbe Wissahickon, South side ; and 

 in similar places all along the course of the Schuylkill, appear- 

 ing to delight in rich soil. Perennial. M 



§ 2. Speciti having Stems. 



1 .. \ . nerves of the leaves somewhat pubescent «rf»u. 

 on the under side, calix ciliate, nectary rather 

 lateral petals densely bearded ; stigma 



