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OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNTA. 
long, only 2 or 3 lines wide; fowers produced towards 
the summits of the branches, yellow, capsules racemose 
octangular, margins alated, dorsal angles obtuse, corru- 
dissepiments thin and membranaceous, stipe a 
le shorter than the fruit; racemes 4 to 6 inches long. 
17. hybrida. 18. linearis. Oxs. Root ligneous, stem 
slender,*flexuose, rarely exceeding a span, often branched, 
the whole plant conspicuously pubescent; leaves linear, 
somewhat oblong; radical leaves spathulate-oval; flowers 
bright yellow nearly the size of those of @. fruticosa, for 
a dwarf variety of which it might almost be mistaken; tube 
of the calix much longer than the germ; capsules subce- 
rymbose or terminal, very few, roundish-obovate, with 8 
grooves, usually shorter the stipe. Has. From Vir- 
ginia to Georgia, in open low and sandy woods. 19. chry- 
santha. 20. pusilla. probably a variety of @. linearis, the 
of which are sometimes nearly sessile, and the 
fruit of this is described as clavate. 
21. * alata. . macrocarpa. Pu. Oss. Root perennial, 
perpendicular, caudex dividing into several simple and 
decumbent stems, 6 to 12 inches long. Leaves linear-lance- 
olate acute, upon long petioles, in an early state minutely 
villous and hoary, margin sometimes distantly and glandu- 
larly denticulate, always pubescent as well as the nerves, 
opaque betwixt the light, 5 or 6 inches long and about 
half an inch wide. Flowers sessile, produced below 
the summit of the stem, axillary; tube of the calix 3 
or 4 inches long, (and by cultivation, at the expense of the 
germ, 6 or 7 inches!) nis of the calix sublanceolate, 
acuminate, flat, ex tted with purple, and co- 
vered with a short silky villus; petals ie gh obcor- 
dately dilated, nearly entire. Pollen inne r, connecting 
