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HovusToNIA SERPYLLIFOLIA. 'THyMmE- 
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Class and Order. 
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TerRANDRIA Monoeyrnia. 
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Generic Character. : 
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Cal. 4-fidus.°-Cor. infundibuliformis, 4-fida. Stigma 
bifidum. Caps. bilocularis, placenta ngosa dissepimento 
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Housron1 serpyllifolia Bice ic Thevibus nume- 
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nalibus unifloris 
Housronza serpyllifolia. / 
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Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. : 
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Spreng. Syst Veget. v. 1. 
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ewe ing stems. Leave. 
rotundato-ovate, de arent: on nearly flat petioles, which 
are longer than the leay nted or. blunt, a few 
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hairs on the surface, chiefly at t 
deep green above, pale below, 
Peduncles terminal, four-sided, 
upright, bent nearly horizontally wer, free 
from bracteas. Calyx tetraphyllous, leaflets lanceolate, 
or lineari-lanceolate, more or less spreading, green. ~ Co- 
rolla hypocrateriform, tube equal in length to the calyx, 
contracted below the insertion of the stamens, and above 
this point pubescent without. Limb spreading, four-parted, 
segments oval, approaching to obovate, acute, white, with 
an obcordate yellow stain at the base of each segment of 
the 
estitute of prominent veins. 
about three inches long, 
