. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . re on each pe-f dicle. Calyx five-leafletted: leaflets oblong, obtuse, upright,smooth, subciliate, a line and an half long: 2 lower onesfurther removed, a little larger. Petals 4, inserted into thereceptacle. Unguis or narrow part, linear, upright, shorterthan the calyx, villous. Lamina or broad part oblong,obtuse, three times longer than the calyx, deep yellow; twolower ones a little smaller, wide of each other at the base.Nectary formed of two plaited processes at the base of eachof the laminae, at first yellow, at last scarlet. Fi
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. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . re on each pe-f dicle. Calyx five-leafletted: leaflets oblong, obtuse, upright, smooth, subciliate, a line and an half long: 2 lower onesfurther removed, a little larger. Petals 4, inserted into thereceptacle. Unguis or narrow part, linear, upright, shorterthan the calyx, villous. Lamina or broad part oblong, obtuse, three times longer than the calyx, deep yellow; twolower ones a little smaller, wide of each other at the base.Nectary formed of two plaited processes at the base of eachof the laminae, at first yellow, at last scarlet. Filaments 8, inserted into the receptacle, girdling the germen, filiform, roughly furred, yellowish, while the flower is in perfectionupright, scarcely longer than the calyx, finally bent down-wards and elongated. Anthers ovate, of a grey or ashcolour. Germen superior, oblong, three-cornered, pubes-cent. Style filiform, little shorter than the petals. Stigmaobsoletely 3-cleft. Pericarp (observed when unripe) oblongs3-sided, 3-celled. Seeds two in each cell. «. 331 HYDROPHYLLUM virginicum.Virginian Water-leaf, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat, ord. BoRAGiNEiE. Jussieu gen, 128. Div. II.HYDROPHYLLEiE. BroivTi ined. Obs. Distincti (a Boragineis nempe) ordinis initia constituunt generacapsularia PIydrophyllum, Phacelia, et Ellisia, ob albumen copiosumcartilagineum, et folia composita v. alte lobata. Brown prod, 492. H YDROPH YLL UM. Suprd vol, 3. fol. 242. H, virginicumf glabriusculum; foliis pinnatifidis ovali-lanceolatis inciso-ser-ratis, fasciculis florum conglomeratis. Pursk amer, sept, 1, 134. Hydrophyllum virginicum. Lin, sp. pi, 1. 208; (virginianum). Mill, diet, ed. 8, Hort. Ketv. 1. 197. ed. 2. 1. 313. Michaux hor, amer. 1. 134. La-viarck illustr. t. ^1. f. 1. Schkuhr handb. 1. 114. t. 35. Willd. sp. pL 1.814. Hydrophyllum Morini. Tourn.inst. 81. Mill, diet, ed, 7.Hydrophyllum. Gron, virg. ed, 2. 26.Hydrophyllum floribus speciosis albis. Clai/t. n. 291. Herba perennis, scahrius puhes