324 
DECANBKIA PENTAGYNIA. Sedum* 
On rocks near Knoxville. Michaux. If. July. -j-. 
Flowers purple. Resembles S . reflexum . 
sttnopeialum . 3. S. glabrum j caulibus assurgentibus, foliis sparsis con- 
gestis adnato-sessilibus compresso-subulatis acutis, cy- 
ma terminali trichotoma dichotoma, spicis recurvatis, 
floribus sessilibus 10-andris, petalis linearibus calyce 
multo longioribus. 
On rocks on the banks of Clarck’s river and Kooskoosky. 
If. June, July. v. s. in Herb . Lewis. Flowers 
golden yellow $ has some affinity with S. reflexum. 
tsrnatum 9 4. S. pumilum, repens ; foliis planis rotundato-spathulatis 
ternis, cyma subtristachya, floribus sessilibus 8-andris, 
centro 10-andro. — Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 277. 
S. saxatilis floribus albis &c. Clayt. virg. 89 1. 
S. americanum. Herb. Banks. 
On rocks in the western parts of Pensylvania, Virginia, 
and Carolina. If . May, June. v. v. An elegant 
little species 5 flowers white. 
tekphioideS' 5. S. foliis planis ovalibus utrinque subacutis dentatis, co- 
rymbo multiplici fasciculato. Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 277« 
On rocks on high mountains : Virginia and Carolina» 
If . June, July. v. v . Flowers pale purple. 
VI. D EC AG YN I A. 
398. PHYTOLACCA. Gen.pl. 800. 
decandra » 1 . P. foliis ovatis utrinque acutis, floribus decandris deca- 
gynis.' — Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 822. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 339. /. 399. Pluk. aim. t. 225. f ! 3. 
In open woods and old fields : New England to Carolina. 
If . June, July. v. v. Flowers white, on red pedun- 
cles j berries black, and give an elegant purple colour 
to any liquor. The young sprouts in spring give a fine 
vegetable for the table, resembling asparagus. The 
plant is known by the name of Poke-weed. 
