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PACHYSANDRA procumbens 



Trailing P achy sand ra. 



MONCECIA TET1UXDR LI. 



PJCIIYSJXDRJ. Masculi. CY//. 4-phylIus. Cor. 0. ]'.. minci. 

 Cat. 4-pliylIus. Cor. 0. Styli 3. Caps. 3-comis 3-\oc. Sem. 2. 

 Ifilld. sp. pi. 4. 339. 



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P. procumbens. Michaux. bor. amer. G. 178. Wiild. ubi supra. Pursh. 

 amer. sept. 1. 117. llort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. COo, 



Herba perennis, sempervirens?, rhizomate horizontali undique a sfolonibus 

 prorepente. Caulis simplex, dccumbenti-assurgcns, infra pedem lougus,tenax 9 

 teres, rubro-fuscesceyxs, vix cequans crassitudinem pennce scriptorice, jlexnosus, 

 sulcatus, tomentosus, super ne subcomoso-foliosus, in feme spiciger mains v. 

 squamis nonnullis vagis stipatns. Folia petiolata, p/urima, sparsa, approxi- 

 mately erecliuscula, ovalia, scepe apicem versus utrinque grossius paucideiitata, 

 in nervis villosa : petioli subunciales. Spicae androgyne? in pedunculo ]-3- 

 nnciali cauli subsimili squama bract eacea ad basin appressa, vagce, nudce, 

 erectce, summce modo in imis Joins axillares, superne multijloro-masadcc, in- 

 Jerne bifioro-jceminecB ; laxius sparsce. Flores subsemunciales, sessiles, erecti, 

 virides, lincis interrupts densissimis sanguineis cinnamomeo-rubenfrs : mascu- 

 lus bractea ipsi subsimili exceptus : cal. turbinato-campanulatus ; foliola ovato- 

 acuminata y ciliolata, lateralia bina opposite, exteriora, reliqua duo includentia: 

 fil. crassa hujus axi carnosce inserta, subtriplo longiora, subclavato-teretia, 

 compressa, rugosula, erecto-divergentia, alba : anth. parvidcc cinnamomece, 

 erectce, ovato-oblongce, basi sagittate?, biloculares, summo Jilamento breviter d 

 dorso introrsilm adnatce,loculis intus prqfunde distinctis, extiis radii promincntc 

 connexis. Fcemineus masculo prqfecto similis, sed aliquantulum minor, Sf 

 bracteis pluribus (3?) squamiformibus (unci exteriore) i^rbricatu* : pist. Jloris 

 concolor ; germ, tricocco-subrotundum, cocculis singulis dispermis in stylos sibi 

 cequicrassos semiteretes breves intus sutcatos conttnuatis ; stigmata 3, ex- 

 serta, replicata, pro jlore magna, lingulata, acuta, extiis conrexa, rugosula, 

 intus plana, explicata, glabra stria media prominnlu, margine ciliolata. 

 (Caps. 3-cocca, 3-cornis, li-loc. : sem. in singulis loculis bina, oblonga, summo 

 oculo appensa, IcevigataJ. 



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Native of rocky parts in the Alleghany mountains, where 

 it grows in shady situations. First found by Michaux. -An 

 herbaceous perennial evergreen plant of humble growth; 

 seldom, we believe, exceeding the dimensions of the sub- 

 ject of the present figure, but spreading itself in every 

 direction by suckers from a somewhat creeping rootstock. 

 Of little value in the flower-garden but as a botanical curi- 

 osity. At present the only known species of the genus; 

 which has been, we understand, decided to belong to Jus- 

 sieu's natural order of Euphorbia:. The contrast of the tall 



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