126 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Capsule 1 -celled, 3- valved, 3 to 5-seeded. 

 Seeds reniform. 



virginica. l. C. leaves linear-lanceolate ; racemes solitary ; 

 leaves of the calix somewhat acute ; petals obo- 

 vate, retuse ; root tuberous. — Pursh. 



Corolla pale rose-red with darker red stripes internally. In 

 moist meadows in the Neck and along 1 the course of the Schuyl- 

 kill, in great profusion. It delights in rich moist soil. Peren- 

 nial. April, May. 



118. CEANOTHUS. Gen. pi. 361. fHhamni.J 



Calix turbinate, 5-cleft. Petals 5 squami- 

 form, with long claws. Stigmata 3. Cap- 

 sule 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-seeded, tripar- 

 tite, opening on the inner side. — JWtt. 



Amexieanus. l, C. leaves ovate-acuminate, serrate, three-nerv- 

 ed, nerves and veins beneath pubescent; pani- 

 cles axillary on long peduncles; pedicels corym- 

 bose. — Willd. 



Icon. Duham. arb. 51. Schmidt, arb. 13£. 

 (Pursh.) 



Nerv-Jersey Tea. Red-root. 



A small shrub seldom exceeding three feet in height. In 

 dry woods and copses in Jersey and Pennsylvania, very com- 

 mon. The leaves were dried and used like tea, during the 

 American revolution — hence the name. Flowers small, white. 

 \l . May, June. 



119. EUONYMUS. Z. Gen.pl. 1. p. 373. (Rhamm.J 



Calix 5 -parted, or 5 cleft, its base inside, 

 covered with a flat peltate disk. Petals 5, 

 spreading, inserted on the outside margin 

 of the glandular disk. Capsule 5-angled, 

 5-celled, 5-valved, coloured, septiferous in 



