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RUDBECK1A, SALIX. 
pinnate-quinate, oval, at the base obtuse, acuminate, marked with lines, 
and white-downy beneath, terminal one often sub-cordate. Fruit red, 
sweet . 
occidenta'lis, (black raspberry. O. w. g. h.) branches and petioles glaucous 
and prickly; leaves ternatc, oval, acuminate, sub-lobate and doubly serrate, 
white-downy beneath ; petioles terete ; prickles recurved. 4 — 8 f. S. 
trivia'lis, (creeping blackberry, dew-berry. O. w. J. Ij.) sarmentose-procum- 
bent ; petioles and peduncles aculeate-hispid, with the prickles recurved ; 
stipules subulate ; leaves ternate or quinate, oblong-oval, acute, unequally 
serrate, sub-pubescent ; pedicels solitary, elongated. Var . Jtagellaris, has 
orbicular petals, and small smooth leaves. & 
odora'tus , (flowering raspberry. E. r. J. Ej .) unarmed, erect, viscid-hipsid ; 
leaves simple, acutely 3 or 5-lobed ; corymbs terminal, spreading. Flow- 
ers large ; berries rather dry and thin. 3 — G f. S. 
17—3. RUDBECKIA. 49. 55. 
lacinia'ta, (cone-flower, cone-disk sunflower. O. y. Au. 7}.) lower leaves pin- 
nate ; leafets 3-lobed ; upper ones ovate ; egret creuate ; stem glabrous. 
Damp. 5 — 10 f. S. 
6—3. RUMEX. 12. 28. 
oris"pus, (deck. O. Ju. 7).) valves of the calyx ovate, entire, all bearing grain- 
like appendages on their backs ; leaves lanceolate, undulate, acute. 2 — 3 f. 
dsceloscl'lus, (field sorrel. O. g. p. 51. 7J..) valves without grains ; leaves lance- 
hastate ; flowers dioecious. 6 — 12 i. 
Exotic. 
patien"tia , (garden dock, patience. 7J..) valves entire, one of them bearing a 
grain-like appendage ; leaves lance-ovate. Naturalized. 
' 10—1. RUTA. 26. 81. 
Exotic. 
grave' olens, (rue.) leaves more than decompound ; leafets oblong, terminal 
ones obovate ; petals entire. 
3—2. SACCHARUM. 4. 10. 
Exotic. 
qfficina'ruvi, (sugar cane.) flowers panieled, in pairs, one sessile and onepedi- 
celled : corolla 1-valved, awnless. From the East Indies. 
19—12. SAGITTARIA. 5. 13. 
sagittifo'lia (arrow head. O. w. Ju. 7)..) leaves lanceolatcjic ute, sagittate; 
lobes lanceolate, acute, straight. Var. lati/olia, leaves ovate, sub-acute, sa- 
gittate ; lobes o\'ate, slightly acuminate, straight. Var. major, leaves 
large, abruptly acute ; scape sub-ramose. 1 — 2 f. S. 
1—1. SALICORNIA. 12. 29. 
hcrba'cca , (samphire, glasswort. L. Au. ©.) herbaceous, spreading : joints 
compressed at the apex, emarginatc-bifid. Var. virginica, has the branches 
undivided, and the jointed spikes very long. The fructification is very ob- 
scure; but it may be known by its leafless nearly cylindric jointed branch- 
es. It grows in salt marshes along the sea-board. Onondaga salt springs. 
12—18 i. & 
20—2. SALIX. 50. 99. 
babi/Io'nica, (weeping willow. E. M. fj .) branchlets pendant ; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate, serrate, glabrous, upper and lower sides of different colours ; 
stipules roundish, contracted ; aments flower at leafing time ; germs sessile, 
ovate, glabrous. Supposed to be the willow on which the Israelites hung 
their harps, when captive in Babylon. Introduced. S. 
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