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FENTANDRIA MONOGYN IA. Sabbatia. 
caly cos a. 
chloroides . 
paniculata . 
latifolia. 
angustifolia. 
palustris . 
shorter,, broader and narrower leaves. Flowers a pur- 1 
plish red. It is used by the inhabitants in the same 
way as Chironia Centaurium is used in Europe. 
4. S. erecta, foliosa ; foliis oblongo-obovalibus, floribus soli- 
tariis subseptempartitis, calyce foliaceo corollam su- 
perante, laciniis oblanceolatis. Mich. Jl. amer. 1. 
p. 147- ; 
Chironia dichotoma ? Walt.Jl. car. 95. 
Icon. Bartram ic. ined. t. 10. in Musceo Banksiano . 
In wet meadows: New York to Carolina. <J.Aug. 
v. v. Flowers dark rose-coloured, segments of the 
corolla obovate. 
5. S. debilis j foliis lanceolatis erectis, ramis paucis unifloris, 
floribus 7—1 3-partitis amplioribus, laciniis calycis li- 
nearibus corollae brevioribus. 
Chironia chloroides. Mich.jl. amer. l.p. 147. 
Chironia dodecandra. Walt.Jl . car. 95. 
Chlora dodecandra. Linn. syst. veg. 2 99. 
In bogs : New York to Cardina, g . Aug. Sept. v . v. 
Flowers rose-coloured, large. 
6. S. erecta $ foliis lanceolato-linearibns, panicula multi- 
flora brachiata subfastigiata, calyce subulato corolla 
triplo-breviore, caule quadrangulo. 
Chironia paniculata. Mich.jl. amer. 1. p. 146. 
Swertia diflbrmis, Witld. sp. pl. 1. p. 1330. 
a. S. foliis brevi-ovatis, paniculis paucifloris. 
Chironia lanceolata. Walt.Jl. car. Q5. 
/3. S. foliis linearibus, panicula corymbosa multiflora. 
In bogs and cedar swamps : New Jersey and Cardina. 
2/. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers white, 1 his certainly 
is the long lost Swertia difformis , as the specimens in 
the Herbarium of Clayton, now in possession of Sir 
Joseph Banks, sufficiently prove. 
172. HOTTONIA. Gen. pl 2 65. 
1. FI. floribus verticillatis subsessilibus, caule geniculato, 
geniculis inflatis. WiUd. sp. pl. 1. p. 812. 
In stagnant waters of New Jersey and Virginia. 2/. 
July. v. v. Whether this is only an accidental va- 
riety or a distinct species, I cannot now decide ; but 
certainly the habit of the plant, as well as its smaller 
flowers, indicate that it may, by further examination, 
turn out a new species. 
