TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Heritiera* 
by its prismatic capsule, which has given rise to the specific 
name. Quite local. Jersey. In a moist coppice, or shrub- 
bery, on the margin of a sandy field, a quarter of a mile north 
of Kaighns’ point, and about the same distance from the De- 
laware. Perennial. July. 
29. Dilatris, Pers. Gen. pi. 82. (hides,) 
Calix superior, petaloid, externally hirsute, 
deeply 6-parted, nearly equal, erect, and 
persistent. Stamina erect, a little unequal. 
Style declining ; stigma minutely trifid. 
Capsule ToxmdL, 3 -celled, few-seeded; (3-6 
in each cell.) Nutt^ 
1. D, petals lanceolate, villose externally, pannicle 
corymbous, tomentose, leaves long, linear, na ked. 
Pursh. 
D. tinctoria. 
D. Caroliniana Lam. illustr. l.^p* 127. 
Anonymos tinctoria. Walt fl. car. 68. 
Heritiera Gmelini. Mich. fl. am. 1. p. 21* 
Lachnanthes. Elliot, 
con. Mich. fl. Am. 1. t. 4. 
Red-root, 
A downy, or woolly plant, about twelve inches high, with 
leaves like those of iris, and a terminal corymbose pannicle of 
flowers, petals downy outside, and yellow internally. Very 
pare, and confined to a single locality. Jersey. In a swampy 
meadow, near Cooper^s creek, about a mile and an half from 
Cooper’s ferry (opposite Market street) . Root a delicate rose- 
pink ; hence the common name. Perennial. July. 
23. SiSYRiNCHiUM, Gen. pi. 101. ( hides, J 
Calix petaloid, tube short, border divided like 
6 flat petals. Stamina^ for the most part, 
united below. Capsule roundish, trique- 
trous, pedicellate beyond the spathe ; (lami- 
nx in several species aristate.) AutL 
