PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA: 
103 
1. P. hispid ; leaves oboval-lanceolate, acute, with Jiispida. 
papillaceous dots ; segments of the corolla subu- 
late. — Mich* 
Onosmodium hispidum, Mich. 
Lithospermum Virginianum, Willd, 
Hispid Purshia. 
A rough, ugly, repulsive looking plant, covered with hairs 
and papillae. In Jersey, opposite to Southwark, and not far from 
the Delaware, along the natural hedges bordering sandy fields. 
Named in honour of Mr. Frederick Pursh. Not very com- 
mon. Perennial. July, August. 
95. HYDROPHYLLUM, Gen. pi. 267. ( Borraginece-J 
Calix 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, 
with 5 longitudinal margined melliferous 
grooves on the inside. Stamina exserted, 
filaments bearded in the middle. Stigma 
bifid. Capsule globose, 1-celled, 2-valved, 
1-seeded, 3 other seeds mostly abortive. — 
Nutt. 
1. H. glabrous ; leaves pinnatifid and pinnate j seg- vii-ginicum. 
ments oval- lanceolate, with deep serraturcs ; clus- 
ters of fsowers crowded. — Pursh. 
icon. Lamarck, iilustr. t. 97. f. 1. 
Virginian Water- leaf. 
About one foot or eight inches high. Flowers ochroleu- 
cous, or while ; I have never seen them blue, as Pursh says 
they are. On the east side of the Schuylkill, a mile south of 
the Falls, on the declivity of a woody hill, abundant. Peren- 
nial. June. 
96. MENYANTHES, Gen. pi. 299. (LisimachU.J 
Calix 5-parted. Corolla funnel-formed ; bor- 
der spreading, 5-lobcd, equal, densely vil- 
lous on the upper side. Stigma bifid. 
Capsule 1-celled, 2 valved ; a seminal re- 
ceptacle attached to each valve.— A m#?, 
