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MEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
angusti folia. 
erecta. 
graminea. 
juncea. 
americana. 
Icon. Pluit. mant. i. 34 g.f ult. Bot. rung. 1150. 
On the edges of rivers in the lower countries, frorft 
Canada to Florida. If. July. v. v. Flowers blue. 
2. P. foliis elongato* triangularibus sensim acutis basi trun- 
cato-subcordatis, corollae laciniis lineari -lanceolatis. 
In high mountain-lakes : New York to Carolina. If . 
July. v. v. Flowers blue, smaller than the first 
species. 
291. HYPOXIS. Gen . pi. 565. 
1. H. pilosa ; scapo 2-3 -floro foliis lineari-lanceolatis bre- 
viore, corollae laciniis lanceolato-oblongis. — fVilld. sp. 
pl. 2. p . 106. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 315. f 12. Bot. mag. 7 10. 
In pastures and on grassy hills : Canada to Virginia. 1/ . 
June, July. v. v. Flowers yellow : the root is reck- 
oned one of the antidotes against the bite of the rat- 
tle-snake. 
2. H. pilosa 5 scapo 4-floro foliis longissimis gramineis bre- 
viore, corollae laciniis lineari-lanceolatis. 
H. caroliniensis. Mich.jl. amer. 1. p. 118. 
In dry sandy fields and woods : New Jersey to Carolina. 
If. June, July. v.v. Leaves very narrow, and dou- 
ble the length of the scape. 
3. H. pilosa 5 scapo unifloro, foliis filiformibus canaliculatis. 
— Smith spicii, t. 1 6. 
On pine-barrens of South Carolina. If. . May — July. v. v. 
H. sessilis W illd. sp.pl. 2. p. 110. figured by Dillenius 
t. 220. is only an accidental variety of H. erecta , as I 
frequently have found this species at an early part of 
the season to flower very near to the ground. 
292. CONOSTYLIS. Brown fl. nov. holland. 1. p. 300. 
I. C. corollis intus lanatis, scapis corymboso-paniculatis, 
foliis gramineo-ensiformibus glaucis, filamentis aequa- 
libus. 
Argolasia aurea. Pursk catal. 
In boggy soil, on the pine-barrens of New Jersey and 
Carolina. If. July. v. v. Flowers golden-yellow. 
Radix fibrosa, repens. Folia radicalia, scapo breviora, 
irideo-equitantia, angusto-ensiformia, acuta, glabra, 
laevigata, glaucesc entia. Scapus erectus, teres, la- 
na to- tomen t os us, folio uno alterove brevi instructus. 
