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| HYDROPHYLLUM virginicum. 
Virginian Water-leaf. 
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PENTANDRIA AZONOGYNIA. © eae? J 
Nat. ord. BorAGINER. Jussieu gen. 128. Div. II. 
Hypropuytten. Brown ined. rd 
Oss. Distincti (& Boragineis nempé) ordinis initia constituunt gencra 
capsularia HypropnyLitum, PHace ta, et Exiisra, ob albumen copiosum 
cartilagineum, et folia composita v. alté lobata. Brown prod, 492, 
HYDROPHYLLUM. Supra vol. 3. fol. 242. 
H. virginicum, glabriusculum; foliis pinnatifidis ovali-lanceolatis inciso-ser- 
.__ ratis, fasciculis florum conglomeratis. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 134. 
Hydrophyllum virginicum. Lin. sp. pl. 1. 208; (virginianum). Mill. dict. 
ed. 8. Hort. Kew. 1.197. ed. 2.1. 313. Michaux bor. amer. 1.134. La- 
marck illustr. t. 97. f. 1. Schkuhr handb. 1.114. 1. 35. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 
— 814. : 
_ Wydrophyllum Morini. Tourn. inst. 81. Mill. dict. ed. 7. 
Hydrophyllum. Gron. virg. ed. 2. 26. 
Hydrophyllum floribus speciosis albis. Clayt. n. 291. 
Herba perennis, scabriis pubescens, radice fibrosd. Fol. radicalia plura, 
erecta, pinnatifida, immerse venosa, lobis 3-7, horizontalibus, recurvis, ob- 
longo-lanceolatis, superne serralis, sub3uncialibus, imis 2 sepe bidigitato- 
incisis, terminali latiori, inferné cuneato, haud raro 3-lobatim-diviso : petiolus 
‘ erectus, subsemiteres, inferné Le Pur aneeass subsesuncialis v. plirimitm 
longior lamina. Caulis vix 8-uncialis, flecuosus, distantér-sub3foliatus, cras- 
situdine substantia et colore feré petiolorum, foliis munitus radicalium con- 
JSormibus, minoribus tamen, inflorescentiad remotis. Pedunculi subbini, termi- 
nales, supra racemost, pluriflori, floribus secundo-cymosis longioribus pedicel- 
lis appressé hirsutis. Cal. herbaceus, 5-partitus, extits appressé pilosus, seg- 
ments lineari-subulatis, ad basin usque reflexis. Cor. albida, + uncie v. cir- 
citer profunda, oblongo-campanulata, infra medium usque 5-fida; limbi 
lacintis erectis oblongis obtusts, nervo medio dorsali; tubo sulcis 5 internis 
longitudinalibus melliferis filamentorum intermediis marginatis cum labris con- 
niventibus. Fil. subduplo longiora corolla, equalia, erecta, filiformia, medio 
pilosa, bast corolle inserta: anth. oblonge, fusce, incumbentes, polline ochro- 
feuco. Germ. pilis albis erectis hirsutum, subrotundum: stylus albus, jilifor- 
mis, strictus: stig. 3 v. 2, erecto-patentia brevia teretia fine prunioso. 
Two species of this genus have been introduced into our 
collections, of which the other has been already published 
in this work. Both are hardy perennials and natives of 
North America. The present was cultivated by Miller at 
the physic garden, Chelsea, in 1739. 
Roughishly pubescent: root fibrous. Root-leaves several, 
upright, pinnatifid, immersedly veined; lobes 3-7, horizon- 
tal, recurved, oblongly lanceolate, serrate at the upper 
