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Decanpria Paursove. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Squame nectarifere 5, ad 
- basin germinis. Caps, 5. j 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sepum éernatum ; (pumilum repens) foliis planis rotundato- 
spathulatis ternis, cyma subtristachya, floribus sessilibus 
octandris. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 324. ee 
Sepum ternatum ; (pumilum repens) foliis planis rotundato- 
spathulatis ternis, cyma subtristachya, floribus albidis. 
Michaux Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1. p. 277. Persoon Syn. 1. 
p. 512. Bot. Reg. 142. j 
Sepum ternatum ; foliis verticillatis obovatis integerrimis 
~~ cyma subtristachya. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. 
Pp. 11e. — 
Sepum annuum, caule compresso, foliis obverse-ovatis, 
Gron. Virg. ed. 2. p. 71. 
Sepum saxatile floribus albis, foliis succulentis subrotundis, 
caule rubente. Clayt. Herb. n. 891. | 
There is a considerable affinity in this species to Sepum 
oppositifolium of this work (No. 1807), and still greater to 
Sepum stellatum. In all of these the flowers are white, and 
in the two first, at least, this colour extends to the germens. 
The leaves on the flowering stems es Sepum — fre- 
quently, but not always, w by threes, sometimes they are 
a and now ane ‘hea one ; but the most remark- 
able character is that of its dropping a fifth of all the parts oa 
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