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fifteen inches high. In boggy meadow grounds of Jersey, espe- 
cially close to Woodbury, frequent. Perennial. August, Sep- 
tember. 
3. G. stem subaiigulate, somewhat scabrous, leaves oehroicuea. 
ovate-lanceolate, roughish, flowers sessile, fas- 
ciculated terminal, corolla 5-fid, campanulate 
ventricose ; segments acute, interior folds sim- 
ple acute. — TFilld slyiA Pur sh. 
G. saponaria, Walt. 
G. villosa, Willd. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 186. f. 1. 
Flowers outside yellowish-green, inside blue and purple 
striped. A very rare plant )n this neighbourhood. Ihave only 
pound it In hilly wood^ near the Chester-road, about ten miles 
from the city. Perennial. August. 
126. HEUCHERA. Gen. pi. 44/. {Saxifrage.) 
Calix 5-cleft. Petals 5^ small. Capsule bi- 
rostrate^ bilocular^ many seeded. 
1. H. viscid and pubescent ^ scapes naked, thyrsus Ameiican*. 
elongated } radical leaves on long petioles, with 
rounded lobes. — Pers. 
H. Cortusa, Mich. 
H. viscida, Pursh. 
Cortusa Americana, Herm. 
Mum-rooL 
From fourteen inches to two and a half or three feet high, 
including- the scape and panicle. Flowers small, with long ex- 
serted stamens and red anther.s. The root is a powerful astrin- 
gent. In woods and thickets, frequent. Perennial. May. 
12/. ERYNGIUM. Gen.pl. 456. {Umbelliferx.) 
Flowers capitate. Involucrum many -leaved. 
Proper calix 5-parted, superior, persistent. 
Corolla 5-petals. Receptacle foliaceous, 
