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Sabbatia calycosa. Dichotomous 

 Sabbatia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monocynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cal. 5— 12-fidus. Cor. rotata, 5 — 12-partita. Anther* demum 

 revolutae. Stigmata 2, ftylo ereBo longiora, mox fpiraliter con- 

 torta. Cap/. 1-loculaiis, receptaculis feminum 2, lateralibus, 

 bifidisj revolutis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



SABBATIA calyco/a; caule diffufo dichotomo, foliis ovato- 

 lanceolatis, floribus folitariis, calyce fubfexfido foliaceo 

 corollam exccdente. 



SABBATIA calyco/a. Purfi Fl. Bor.-Am. p. 138. 



CHIRONIA calyco/a; foliis oblongo-obovalibus : floribus fo- 

 htanis fubfeptempartitis: calyce foliaceo corollam fuperante. 

 Michaux Fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 147. Per/oon Syn. 1. p. 283. 



CHIRONIA? dichotoma : foliis feflilibus, ovato-lanceolatis, 

 caule fubtereti dichotomo, floribus folitariis pedunculos 

 longos terminantibus : calyce longiore quam corolla, quae 

 purpurea fundo flavo. Walter FL Carol p. 95. 



Desc Stem diffufe, branched, fomewhat angular, femidicho- 

 tomous, or having one branch of the dichotomy frequently want- 

 ing. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, narrowed downwards, fpreadin<r, 

 fmooth. Flowers folitary on long erea peduncles. Calyx inferior^: 

 bafe cup-fhaped : /egments for the moft part fix, fefdom more, 

 lometimes five, leaflike, fpreading, longer than the Corolla, which 

 is one-petaled : tube fhort : limb divided into as many obovate 

 laamx as the calyx, with the fegments of which they alternate. 



Stamens 



