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DopDECATHEON INTEGRIFOLIUM. ENTIRE- 
LEAVED AMERICAN COoWSLIP. 
SEK KKK KK KEKE EKER EKER EERE 
Class and Order. 
PenranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Primutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis reflexis. Corolla 5-partita, la- 
ciniis limbi reflexis. Stamina filamenta brevissima, latius- 
cula, tubo insidentia. Anthere sagittate in rostrum con- 
niventes. Stylus staminibus longior, simplex. Capsula 
apice dehiscens dentibus 5. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
DopecatuEon* integrifolium ; foliis spathulatis integerri-" 
mis, umbellis plurifloris, pedunculis divaricatis, brac- 
teis ovatis, filamentis elongatis in tubum connatis. 
Dopecarueon integrifolium. Mich. Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 123. 
Pursh, Fl. Am. ».1. p. 136. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 
v. 4. p. 132. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 673. Rich- 
ards. in Frankl. Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 6. 
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A very distinct and beautiful species of a very small 
Genus, first described by Micuaux from plants eng 
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* This Name is said to have been conferred by PLiny on some plant or 
other, which he considered to display in itself the majesty of all the Divini- 
ties. Of these it is well known that the Romans enumerated twelve princi- 
pal ones; six male and six female. The DopECATHEON of modern authors 
has, however, nothing to do with the individual to which Pirny applied so 
grand a designation, as it is a native of the New World, and received its 
name in allusion to the number of the flowers, frequently twelve, which it 
bears in each head. 
