rs dichotomal and terminal, solitary, ei 
‘stamina petaloid or allfertile, from 20 to 3 
1. M. * aurea Stem dichotomous; ofr 
ovate, deeply and angularly crenate; flowers __ 
seas al, acuminate, entire; cap- . 
Sese cote Haz. On the shelvings of rocks, 
a, near the lead mines of St fouls, 
: Missouri,.below the confluence 
a extremely aspe- 
nee Yr we hn barbed. Root 
ao ae Ko ata stems about 12 inches high, di- 
“f and. dichot branched. s 10 to 15 
Divcoccnes 
‘ost OYSiey 
Flowers solitary, of x deep er. sallow, 
earcely a third part so large as those Uf M. hispida but 
elegant in form, steliately expanding, about 8 lines 
in diameter, very evanescent, opening to the sun only 
about 4hours. Calix persistent, segments narrow and 
linear. Stamina all equal and fertile, none of them peta- 
_ loid, 20to 22, nearly as long as the covolia; filaments sub- 
ulate; anthers terminal distinct, small and’ nearly round. 
le filiform, the jergth of the stamina, conyolute, marke 
with 3. Jongitudinal striz as in Burionia, also corres- 
ding with the number of-raives and seeds in the cap- 
sule, stigma none, Capsule cylindric, sessile, very smali. 
as the whole leng oor ig — subangular, nearly 
: t capsule, or longitudinally arrang- _ 
pre! ct agate M. haspida a cording to the descrip- 
tion ai are very asperate.) eS a 
a yew ibe conecierably Hig to er decidind 
trom figures and description. j 
528. DECUMARI A. £. a 
 Calix superior 8 to 10 cleft. Petals ® to ie 
; eepene 7 to 9-celled, many-seeded. Seeds a 
= ini th fe 
terres ae Shak gr gn 
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