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Norracra ‘DIGITATA. Dierrate-ueaven 
Norrarnra. 4 : 
Jobe OH SEE eee 
Class and Order. 
Mowapezeuta Pouvanprra. if 
: Generic . Character. 7, 
Calyx simplex, 5-fidus. Capsule plurime, monosperma 
in verticillum aggregate. tae oh 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Nurvra.ia digitata; foliis E Séoribus digitatis subpeltatis, 
laciniis linearibus subdivisis glabriusculis ; : -superiori- 
bus tripartitis simplicibusque. Nuttall in ti 
Flor. Americ. 2. p. (4. t. 62. . & 
CaLuirHok digitata. Nuttall Mss. sore i 
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Descr. Root tuberous bsnl spe rennial. 
Stem erect, rounded, glaucous, three or four feet high, 
corymbosely divided ‘at Eig Peduncles very long, 
frequently growing two together, one-flowered, L wye~ a 
little below the base of he dis Calyx five-cleft, seg- 
ments lanceolate three-nerved. Corolla five-petaled : petals 
united at the base, patent, wedge-shaped, truncate and— 
crenate at the point, of adeep crimson colour. Stamens very 
many in a compact oval column: anthers globular, white. 
Styles about twelve, filiform, long after the expansion of 
the flower entirely concealed by the stamens. Germens 
about twelve, collected in a whorl round a ———- 
tacle. Ripe seeds not seen. ) i 
This plant, which appears to be ane ew genus of the 
natural order of Malvacee, haying the calyx of a Siva and 
the fruit of a Maxva, was discovered by Professor Nurratt, 
in the Arkansa territory, me — 2 aga from his 
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