124 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



tubular, recurved, a little pubescent on the sum- 

 mit. — Nutt. 



Flowers yellowish-white. In Jersey frequent; less often 

 met with on the Pennsylvania side of the river. Perennial. May, 

 June. 



debiiis. is. V. stem decumbent, leaves reniform-cordate, 

 serrulate or crenate, smooth on the under side, 

 base cucullate; petiole short; stipules ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrate-ciliate, peduncles very long; 

 segments of the calix linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 smooth ; petals oblong, pale blue, the 2 lateral 

 ones bearded; stigma small, tubular, recurved, 

 rostrate, with scabrous papillae on the summit. 

 — Nutt. 



V. debiiis, Pursh. 



V. canina, Walt. 



Very like the preceding, with which it grows. Easily dis- 

 tinguished by the colour of the flowers. Found on the Wissa- 

 hickon. Perennial. May. 



pubcscens. 14. V. leaves either very pubescent, or nearly 

 smooth, subserrate; stipules ovate, mostly en- 

 tire; style compressed, stigma roundish, almost 

 spherical, with 2 lateral tufts of pubescence, 

 and without rostrum. Fruit smooth. — Nutt. 

 V. Pennsylvania, Mich. 



geriocarpm. Fruit densely villous; stipules smaller. — Nutt. 



Grows a foot high and sometimes more — often less. Flow- 

 ers deep yellow. Very abundant on the woody high banks of 

 the Schuylkill, west side, from the upper ferry all along for a 

 mile or two above the falls. |3. described by Mr. Nuttall, I 

 have not noticed. It is he says equally abundant. Perennial. 

 May, June. 



Wcoiov. 15. V. stem simple, erect, acutely triquetrous. 

 Radical leaves spathulate-oval, with a few den- 

 ticulations, upper leaves spathulate-lanceolate, 

 or ovate, smooth. Stipulas large, cristate-pal- 

 mate, ciliate, deeply 7 to 9-lobed, segments 

 linear-oblong, terminal one much larger. Pe- 



