radicans.

flammea.

coccinea.

strepens.

oblongifolia.

hybrida.

ciliosa.

Icon. Bot. mag. 864. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 363.
In shady woods, on the banks of rivers and lakes: Vir-
ginia to Florida. h. July, Aug. v. v.

scarlet.

Flowers

3. B. foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovatis dentatis acuminatis, corymbo terminali, tubo corollæ calyce triplo longiore, caule radicante.-Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 301.

Tecoma radicans. Juss.

a. B. floribus luteo-coccineis.

Icon. Schmidt arb. t. 42.

B. B. floribus coccineis,

Icon. Schmidt arb. t. 43 & 44. Bot. mag. 485. Catesb. car. 1. t. 65.

On the banks of rivers: Pensylvania to Florida.

July, Aug. v. v. This highly ornamental creeper ascends the tallest trees and highest rocks, and with its large scarlet flowers produces one of the most pleasing effects in ornamental gardening.

504. RUELLIA. Gen. pl. 1050.

1. R. erecta, hirsuta; foliis petiolatis lanceolato-ovatis in-
tegerrimis, pedunculis 1-3-floris, calycis laciniis lan-
ceolatis hispidis tubo corollæ duplo brevioribus.—
Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 363.

Icon. Schkuhr handb. 177. Dill. elth. t. 249. f. 321.
On dry hills, in shady woods: Virginia to Carolina. ¥.
June, July. v. v. Flowers large, pale blue, as are all
the following.

2. R. assurgens, dense pubescens; foliis subsessilibus ob-
ovato-oblongis, floribus solitariis, bracteis longitudine
calycis, calycis laciniis filiformibus longitudine tubi
corollæ.-Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 23.

R. biflora. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 368 ?
In sandy pine-woods: Georgia.

Flowers yellowish-blue.

. June, July. v. s.

3. R. erecta, ramosissima, pilis albidis hirsuta; foliis subsessilibus oblongis utrinque subacutis dense hirsutis, bracteis calyce brevioribus, calycis laciniis linearibus tubo corollæ vix brevioribus.

In sandy fields near Savannah, Georgia. 4. July. v. s. in Herb. Enslen.

4. R. erecta, ramosa; foliis subsessilibus ovato-oblongis margine nervis venisque pilis albis longe ciliatis, brac

teis lanceolatis brevibus, calycis laciniis subulatis tubo
corollæ quadruplo brevioribus.

Near Savannah, Georgia. 4. July. v. s. in Herb.
Enslen.

5. R. glabriuscula, diffusa, radicans; foliis in petiolum lon- humistrata. giuscule angustatis ovalibus obtusis, floribus subsessi

libus, capsulis linearibus. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 23. In Georgia and Florida. Michaux. +.

505. BUCHNERA. Gen. pl. 1035.

1. B. caule simplici, foliis lanceolatis subdentatis asperis americana. trinervibus, spicis remotifloris.-Willd. sp. pl. 3.

p. 334.

On dry sandy hills: Pensylvania to Carolina; rare. 4.
July. v. v. Flowers deep blue.

506. ANTIRRHINUM. Gen. pl. 1007.

1. A. procumbens, pilosum; foliis alternis hastatis integerrimis, pedunculis solitariis longissimis.-Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 234.

Icon. Fl. dan. 426. Engl. bot. 692.

In sandy fields: Pensylvania to Virginia. . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers yellow mixed with purple. 2. A. erectum, glabrum; foliis sparsis lanceolato-linearibus confertis, spicis terminalibus densifloris, calycibus glabris calcare brevioribus.-Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 253.

Icon. Fl. dan. 982. Engl. bot. 658.

In fields and dry hills, near houses; frequent. 4. June -Aug. v. v. Flowers large, yellow. This finelooking plant is one of the worst and most troublesome weeds in several parts of Pensylvania and Virginia. 3. A. assurgens, glabrum, simplicissimum; foliis sparsis erectis angusto-linearibus obtusis remotis, floribus racemosis, stolonibus procumbentibus.-Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 255.

Icon. Vent. hort. cels 49.

In low grounds: Canada to Carolina. O. June-Aug. ບ, ບ. Flowers small, purple.

4. A. pusillum, simplex, glabrum; foliis oppositis linearibus acutis, floribus axillaribus brevi-pedunculatis, calycibus campanulatis.

Elatine.

Linaria.

canadense.

tenellum.

Crontium.

purpurea.

crassifolia.

tenuifolia.

setacea.

auriculata.

cuneifolia.

On the banks of the Missouri. M. Lewis. O. July. v. v.; v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers bright blue, large in proportion to the size of the plant.

5. A. erectum, ramosum, pubescens ; foliis alternis lanceolatis, floribus subspicatis, calycibus digitatis corolla longioribus, corollis ecaudatis.—Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 258.

Icon. Curt. fl. lond. 4. t. 45. Riv. t. 82.

In fields: Virginia; rare. O. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers pale purple.

507. GERARDIA. Gen. pl. 1004.

*Flores purpurei.

1. G. caule opposite ramosissimo, foliis linearibus, floribus axillaribus oppositis subsessilibus.-Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 221.

Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 388. f. 1.

B. G. foliis carnosis brevioribus.

In fields and woods: New England to Carolina. B. In salt-marshes, near New York, &c. ♂. July, Aug.

V. V.

2. G. paniculato-ramosa; foliis linearibus, pedunculis ax-
illaribus oppositis flore longioribus.—Willd. sp. pl. 3.
p. 222.

G. erecta. Walt. fl. car. 170. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 20.
Icon. Pluk, alm. t. 12. f. 4.

In fields and woods: Pensylvania to Carolina. . July,
Aug. v. v.

3. G. caule ramosissimo, foliis setaceis, ramulis axillaribus
folio longioribus plerumque unifloris.-Walt. fl. car.
170.

In sandy fields: Pensylvania to Virginia. O. Aug. v. v. Resembles the foregoing one; but the flowers are not axillary but terminal, very seldom two on a branch. 4. G. subsimplex, tota aspera; foliis ovato-lanceolatis basi 2-auriculatis integerrimis, floribus axillaribus oppositis foliisque arcte sessilibus.-Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 20.

In dry stony fields: Virginia and Illinois. O. July, Aug. ບ. ບ. Not above eight inches high, without branches. 5. G. paniculato-ramosa; ramis erectis, foliis cuneatolanceolatis inæqualiter serratis superioribus alternis,