150 
Segments of calix ovate obtuse con- 
cave, segments of corolla ovate 
acute....Perennial estival, scape 1 or 
t feet, Illinois and Ohio. 
3. PlantagoatrofuscaR. af. 182$. 
Stemless, leaves sessile lanceolate 
acute entire 5 nerved, subpubescent 
base hirsute. Scapes flexuose fili- 
form pubescent, angular above, spike 
ovate dense blackish smooth, bracts 
imbricate broad ovate acuminate.... 
Perennial, estival, in arid hills of S. 
Illinois and W. Kentucky, leaves 1 
or 2 inches, scapes 3 to 6. 
4. Veronica connata Raf. 1818. 
Erect smooth, stem round fistular, 
leaves connate lanceolate acute en- 
tire, racemes axillary divaricate very 
long, lax, bracts linear, pedicels 
double of bracts, capsules bilobe 
compressed.... Annual, v.ernal, flow- 
ers blue, near to V. Scutellata and 
V. uliginosa , but larger,, leaves 
quite united and perforated by the 
stem. In W. Kenty v Missouri and 
Illinois. 
5. Tradescantia rupestris Raf. 
1819. Stem simple smooth, leaves 
longer slender narrow canaliculate 
smooth, umbel multiflore, spathas 
divaricate very long like leaves, pe- 
duncles pilose recurved, calix pilose 
behind.... Vernal flowers pale blue, 
on the cliffs and rocks of the Wa- 
bash, Kentucky, &c. 15 to 20 inches 
high, leaves a foot long. 
6. Tradescaniici brevicaulis Raf. 
1818. Stem simple very short, flex- 
uose, leaves much longer, narrow, 
nearly flat, carinate striate, base va- 
ginate tubular membranaceous cili- 
ate: umbel pauciflore, bracts equal 
to leaves, peduncles and calix very 
pilose*... Vernal fl. blue small, a small 
sp. stem only 3 to 6 inches* Illi- 
nois and Kentucky. 
7. Tradescantia jlexuosa Raf. 
1820. Stem ramose flexuose, sulcate 
leaves broader lanceolate, flat pubes- 
cent, pale beneath: umbels axillary 
subsessile, bracts lanceolate short, 
peduncles and calix villose.... Esti- 
val flower deep blue. Stem 2 or $ 
feet high nearly zigzag, leaves one 
inch broad. Akin to Tr. Suhaspera 
but very distinct. In Kentucky and 
Missouri. 
8. Tradescantia c'analiculatalfaf. ■ 
Entirely smooth, stem simple slen- 
der, leaves subequal, slender narrow 
canaliculate falcate, base tubular 
vaginate; umbel terminal pauciflore, 
bracts short flat, one very minute, 
peduncles smooth nodding, calix 
smooth... Estival, in Kentucky a foot 
high- These and the 2 Tr. of Flo- 
rida make 6 N. Sp. of this fine G. 
which has lately been increased from 
2 to 12 Sp. from theU. S. 
9. Orchis glareosa Raf. 1818. 
Stem round slender, leaves narrow 
lanceolate ad pressed, spike short 
oblong, bracts lanceolate longer than 
flowers, spur filiform equal to the 
germ, labellum concave trilobe, mid- 
dle lobe retuse....Estival flowers 
greenish yellow, in the glades of Il- 
linois ana W. Kentucky, one foot 
high, near to 0. fuscata and 0. her- 
biola. Probably Habenaria glare- 
sa Raf. 
10. Helichroa fuscata Raf. 1818. 
Rough, stem angular pauciflore, 
lower leaves long petiolate ovate 
acute 5 nerved subden tate, upper 
leaves subsessile lanceolate, seg- 
ments of perianthe reflexed rays 
cuspidate. ...Glades of the Wabash. 
Estival flowers of a brown purple, 3 
inches diameter, rays narrow, stem 
l to 3 feet high. My G. Helichroa 
1825 is based on the Rudbeckias 
akin to II. purpurea. 
11. Helichroa crocea Raf. 1818. 
Hirsute, stem angular uniflore, na- 
ked above, leaves all sessile lanceo- 
late, base rounded, end gradually 
acuminate, outer segments of the 
perianthe lanceolate reflexed.... 
Glades of Wabash, 1 or 2 feet high. 
Estival flowers of saffron color. 
12. Fremntus spicata Raf. 1818. 
Stem angular rough above, nearly 
simple, leaves undivided smooth 
oval lanceolate, flowers spicate scat- 
tered, bracts, linear acute hirsute, 
perianthe multiflore 8-12 phyllous, 
segments linear obtuse hirsute in the 
