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PENTANDMA, MONOGYNIA. 
Capsule 1 -celled, 3-valved, 3 to 5-seeded. 
Seeds reniform. 
virginica. 1 . C. Icaves lincar-laiiceolate ; racemes Solitary ; 
leaves of tlie calix somewhat acute ; petals obo- 
vate, retuse j root tuberous. — Pursh. 
Corolla pale rose-red with darker red stripes internally. In 
moist meadows in the Neck and along the course of the Schuyl- 
kill, in great profusion. It delights in rich moist soil. Peren, 
nial. April, May. 
118. CEANOTHUS. Gen. pi. 361. 
Calix turbinate^ 5-cleft. Petals 5 squami- 
form^ with long claws. Stigmata 3. Cap- 
sale 3-angled^ 3-celled^ 3-seeded^ tripar- 
tile^ opening on the inner side. — ^utt. 
Americanus. 1 . C. Icaves ovate-acuminate, serrate, three-nerv- 
ed, nerves and veins beneath pubescent ; pani- 
cles axillary on long peduncles 5 pedicels corym- 
bose. — Willd. 
Icon. Duham. arb. 51. Schmidt, arb. 133. 
(Pursh.) 
M%v-Jersey Tea. Red-root. 
A small shrub seldom exceeding three feet in height. In 
"dry woods and copses in Jersey and Pennsylvania, very com- 
mon. The leaves were dried and used like tea, during the 
American revolution — Whence the name. Flowers small, white.. 
Ij . May, June. 
119. EUONYMUS.i. Gen. ph 1. p.SrS. fUkamniJ 
Calix 5-parted, or 5 cleft, its base inside, 
covered with a flat peltate disk. Petals 5, 
spreading, inserted on the outside margin 
of the glandular disk. Capsule 5-angled, 
5-celled, 5-valved, coloured, septiferous in 
