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maculate. 



DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



2. C. leaves lanceolate, round at the base, remotely 

 serrate, marked with a longitudinal discoloured 

 fascia; scape 2 — 3-flowered, filaments woolly. 

 — Pursh. 



Pyrola maculata, L. 



Icon. Bot. Mag. 897. — Pluk. mant. t. 



4. (Pursh.) 



349. f. 



Spotted-leaved Pippsissewa. Poison Pippsisseica. 



Also a very elegant and fragrant evergreen plant, resem- 

 bling' No. 1, exceedingly, but readily distinguished by the white 

 broad lines in the leaves. Grows with No. 1; very common. 

 Perennial. July. 



202. CLETHRA. Gen. pi. 751. (Erica.) 



CalLv 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5. Style 

 persistent; Stigma short and trifid. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled, 3-valved, enclosed by the 

 calix. — JSTutt. 



ainifoiia. i. C. leaves cuneate-obovate acute, deeply ser- 

 rated above, every where smooth and of a uni- 

 form colour; racemes spiked, simple, bracteate, 

 hoarv-tomentose. — Willd. 



w 



C. alni folia denudata, Ait. 

 Icon. Catesb. Car. 1. t. 66, 



Jllder-leaved Clethra. Fragrant Clethra. 



This fine shrub should be cultivated in gardens. The foli- 

 age is handsome, and the long spikes of white flowers which 

 are numerous, exhale a spicy fragrance, which adds much value 

 to the plant. About three or five feet high. In the boggy 

 grounds and swamps of Jersey, very common and abundant, fy • 

 July, August. 



203. CASSIA. Gen. pi. TOO. (Leguminosce.) 



Calix 5-leaved. Petals 5, subequal. Three 

 upper anthers sterile, the 3 lowest rostrate, 



