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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nicotlana. 
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from it is excellent. The most delicate tobacco is pre-' 
pared by the Indians from the dried flowers. 
Thapsus . 
182. VERBASCUM. Gen . pi 331. 
3. V. foliis decurrentibus utrinque tomentosis, caule sim- 
plici. Willd. sp. pi. l. p. 100 i . 
Icon. Engl. hot. 54q. FI. clan 63.1. 
On road sides and in neglected fields ; common : proba- 
bly introduced. $ . July, Aug. v. v. A singular 
circumstance frequently struck my attention, respect- 
ing this plant, as it appears in great abundance in 
fields newly cleared and burnt in the most remote 
part of the country, where sometimes not a plant of 
it is found within the compass of more than a hun- 
dred miles. How the seed is brought there I cannot 
imagine. 
Lychnltis . 
2. V. foliis ovatis acutis crenatis subtus tomentoso-incanis, 
spicis laxis lateralibus et terminalibus. — Willd. sp. pl, 1. 
p. 1003. 
Icon. FI. dan. 58 6. 
On the banks of the Delaware near Philadelphia. 
June, July. v. v. Flowers yellow, as all the rest 
here mentioned, smaller than the former species. 
blattaria. 
3. V. foliis amplexicaulibus obovato-oblongis serratis gla- 
bris, pedicellis solitariis unifloris. — Willd. sp. pl. 1 , 
p. 1005. 
Icon. Engl. lot. 393. 
In fields and on road sides j frequent. $ . June, July* 
v. v. Flowers yellow. There frequently occurs a va- 
riety with white flowers, which are larger and sweet 
scented. 
Claytoni. 
4. V. foliis amplexicaulibus sublanceolato-oblongis : cauli- 
nis inciso-crenatis : crenis crenulatis, pedicellis solita- 
riis unifloris.— Mich. fi. amer. 1. p. 148. 
In woods and fields : Virginia to Carolina. <£. June, 
July. v. v . Flowers yellow, and larger than the third 
species. 
183. CALYSTEGIA. Brown Jl . nov. holl. p. 483. 
Sepium . 
1. C. volubilis } foliis sagittatis acutissimis : postice obtusis 
truncatisve integris, bracteis acutis calyce longioribus 
dimidio corollae brevioribus, pedunculo angulato pe- 
tiolum superante. Brown l c. 
