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Evroca FrANKLINU. CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S 
Evuroca. 
DS i Se 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hyprornyutez. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Cor. subcampanulata : 
membranule tubi decem, per paria filamentis alternantes. 
Stam. exserta. Stylus bifidus. Caps. polysperma, unilo- 
cularis, bivalvis, valvis indivisis medio placentiferis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evroca* Franklinii; erecta, foliis pinnatifidis bipinnatifi- 
disve, racemis secundis maultidoris aggregatis, stylo 
glaberrimo, ovulis placente singule viginti plur ibus. 
Evroca Franklinii. Br. in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed. 1. App. 
p. 164. t. 27. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1. p. 569. 
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Descr. Root annual, subfusiform, spore t fibrous. 
Stem eight to ten inches high, hairy, wigs ranched. 
wes alternate, two to three inches long, downy, Pi 
hatifid, the segments linear-oblong, obtuse, those of the 
_ foot, where they are crowded, often again pinnatifid or 
-Incised, the uppermost ones or bractezx, with one or two 
large laciniz, or entire. Flowers in racemes, arising from 
the axils of the uppermost leaves or bractee, crowded at 
esummit. Calyx deeply five-partite; the segments linear- 
lanceolate, erect, hairy. Corolla subcampanulate, sain 
spr ing, 
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Led J 
pg ili i the number of its 
flowers or ies. fertility, probably in consequence of the n 
