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10?. Peramibvshirtv^. Bilslly; stem angular, flcxiiosc and nearly dicliotame ; 
Jf3v<ssemi-ani])Iexicaiile, lanceolate, acuminate, serrate ir. the mil.lle, the lower 
ones ovate-lanceolate ; flowtrs somewhat corymbose, nearly sessilf; ; folloles of 
the perianthe linear, lanceolate, hardly acute ; chaff's ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
Jiaie, purplish, as lonj^ as the florets ; rays elliptical, notched, hardly longer 
thru the perianlhe — It grows oi| the hills near Licking river i:i Kentucky Stem 
two or three feet higli, covered with stiff white hairs as well as the leaves : it 
blossoms in August. I called it once Cojroto's /«><« ; rays yellow. Perennial. 
110. Gunemarisddn. Partly pubescent and clanrmy ; leaves petiolate, ellip- 
tical, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, mucronate, .serrate, base entire; flo^-- 
ti-s corymbose, terminal and axillary, glomerulated ; folioles of the periantl^e o- 
yale.lanceolate, acute, rutbus, ciliolate — A tine plant not uncommon in Ker.tiicky 
in fields and woods. It belongs to the genus Gynema of my flora ludoviciana. 
Stem two to three feeVliigli. 'ITie whole plant his a very strong balsamic smell. 
It blosso.Ds in August and September ; flowers pale red. I had for nerly called it 
G. d^nlata. Bi;.n:iia!. 
IV CLASS. SY.VIPHOGYNJA.— THE SYMPHOGVNES. 
Ill Lobelia mrea. Stem simple, smooth, Striated above; leaves adpressed, 
cuneate, obtuse, einarginate, ciliolate, slightly rough, glaucous beneath, laterally 
notched, notches glandular : spike racemose, elongate, slender ; bracleolcssui)ii. 
i^ite ; flowers nodding ; peduncles shorter than the calix ; sepa's subulate. — A 
|>retty species, with a very long spike of small srrow white flowers. I found it at 
the Blue licks in Kentucky, blossoming ii July. Perennial Stem one or two feet 
liiRb- 
113. •^^t'lrJthr!a ni^ra. Stem filiform, angular trailing ; leaves roughish, sub- 
reniform, five lobe<l, remote, denticulated, middle lobe longer, cirrhes and pe- 
duncles fasciculatecl with the leaves ; flowers polygamous, monoical, male, pe- 
duncles uniflore, the males mulliflnre, berries globular ovate, black, slumng. — It 
grows in the valley of the Kentucky river near Estill; Stem trailing on the 
ground from three to ten feet ; leaves and fl )neis small, these vellow. blo.sim- 
ing in August. It offers .many v»rieties, all distinct from M pendula. An- 
nual. 
11.3. Lndu'i^ia tiibev sa. lloots tuberose, geminate, fusiform; stem simple, 
flexuose, angular ; leaves alternate sessile, smooth, entire, ovate-oblong, acute 
at both ends; flowers terminal, one to hree pedunculated; capsuls4gone. ob- 
pileate, short, truncate. — It grows on the banks oftbe Ohio in Virginia ; stem on- 
ly sl.v inches high, it blossoms in September. Perennial. 
114. Oenothera pilosella. Pilose; stem simple, flexuose, pauciflore, ; radical 
leaves petiolate ovate, obtuse, toothed, cauliiiar, sessiK-, ovate-oblong, acute, 
entire; flowers terminal, sessile ; tube of the calix shorter tiian the lim.j, which 
i.s four toothed, split laterally ; petals obcnrdite, as long as the calix ; capsul oo- 
long, 4 gone, venose — Discovered in Indiana near Evansville. liieanial. Sis 
inches higli Flowers yellow, blossoming in August. 
115. Cactw-hnmifn^us. Articulated; articles diffuse, procumb?nt, obov.ate, 
l^at ; spinules very minute, riifescent ; fruits lateral, scattered, inerme, smooth, 
ovate, scarlet. — This is the cominon C;ic«'/s of the United States, wdiich has been 
mistaken for .he C. Opjintia by all our botanists. It grow; from New York to 
Kentucky and .Missouri, trailing on th' ground from one to fifteen tcet ; articles 
two to five incht s long; flowers \ellow, an inch in diameter; fruit «:ze i)f a 
plumb, good to eat ; skin \ery thin and quite smooth ; while in , C opuntia it is 
thick and spinescent. 
V CLASS. ANGIOGYNIA — THE ANGTOGYNES. 
116. Habenaria racemosa. Stem fle.xuose, angidar; lower leaves elliptical, ob- 
tuse, upper ones lanceolate and small ; flowers racemose, pedunculate ; bracteas 
oblong, lanceolate, longer than the ovary, which is fusifrm; sepals ellipticrd, 
ob'ong, concave, sub equal ; labelluin tripartite : divisioiiS cuneate, flabedac, 
5 fid, lacerated; spur shorter than the ovary. — Disc vered by Mi- Knev' Is, 
near Fishkill. Stem two feet high ; flowers purple, blossoming in August, in an 
oblong and thick raceme, pretty large. The genus Habenaria of Browu contains 
all the species of Orchis with two anthere. 
