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PoryeaLa PAUCIFOLIA. ‘ FEW-LEAVED 
_ Munx-Wort. , 
Class and Order. 
| x Drapexpaia Ocranpria. 
na hd iNet Ord.—Potyeate. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis sepala persistentia, 2 interiora, aleformia. Pet. 
3—5 tubo stamineo connexa, inferiore carineformi (forsan 
e duobus coalitis constante.) Caps. compressa, elliptica 
obovata aut obcordata. Semina pubescentia, hylo caruncu- 
lata, coma dite D. © 
Specific Chara haracter and Synonyms. 
PotycaLa* paucifolia ; caulibus implicisiis erectis in- 
ferne nudis, foliis ovatis, oribus ternis terminalibus, 
carina cristata. D.C. ve. 
mae ucifolia. Willd. ». 3p ). $80. Pers. 9 g} 
| De Cand. Prodr. p. nice . 331. Pursh'v: 2. p: 
het Ni ital, Pl. Am. 0.2. p.81, Bigelow Fl. Boston. 
Heels: Elliott, Bot. 8. Carolina et Georg. v. 2. p. 
| TRicLisPERMA grandiflora Rafincoqu Specch. 1, P. HY. 
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Descr. Root yaa. crows near the ond i peren- 
nial. Stem herbaceous, me es , Shining, three to 
four inches high. Leaves coll near the top, petioled, 
J ning, nearly naked, imper- 
fectly ciliated, — ly veined, n, red wien: young, 
tasthe ‘lower part: the stem co compat 
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ovate, acute at both ends,.s) 
* From wodvs, many, and yadn, milk: from the supposed quality, in cer- 
tain plants of this genus, of increasing the quantity of milk given by the 
cattle which feed upon them. 
