C4 ADLUJ^IIA. 



leaves small, flowers fe jv. Liiineus says in Ca^ 

 nada Aquosls, stem digital, i have tbunfl his 

 real sp. uiikno vvn to many botanists who mistake 

 the next lor it. 



Var. 1. Minima, biuncial, few leaves on 

 short petiols. Figures, Autikon Raf. 



3. A. GLABERIM4 Raf. Med. fl. {Urtica pu- 

 mila, Mx and all our botanists except Elliot.) — 

 Stem round fleshy pellucid ; leaves on long pe- 

 tiols, oval acuminate, lucid, serrate: corymbs 

 dichotomous multiliorc.—- The most common 

 species all over the U. States, stem one or 

 two feet high, thick often diaphanous ! leaves 

 large extremely smooth. — Var. nimosa, stem 

 and corymbs branched. — Autikon Raf. 



3. A. LANCEOLATA Raf {JJrtlca pumila ¥A- 

 liot) stem obtusely quadrangular, fleshy and 

 branched ; leaves on long petiols, lanceolate 

 acuminate, serrate, with some hairs above ; co- 

 rymbs multiflore, some recurved. — Stem pedal 

 branching from the base. In Carolina, Elliot's 

 description is original ; but his diagnosis bor- 

 rowed to make it agree with the last. 



4. A. RiioMBOiDEA Raf Stem round dwarf, 

 branched at the base ; leaves on long petiols, 

 ovate rhomboidal or subdeltoid, base entire, end 

 with obtuse point, sides crenate serrate not cili- 

 olate; corymbs multiflore often foliolate and 

 recurved. 



In Kentucky, rare, stem 6 to 8 inches, near 

 to A pumila, but larger stem and leaves, peti- 

 ols equal to leaves except on branches. Seen 

 alive. — Figure, Autik. Raf. 



ADLUMIA Raf 1808, Dec. Beck. Noticed 

 as a genus as early as 1804 in the garden of 

 the collector indium, and also iothe Alleghanies 

 at Peter's Mt. only mdicated in 1808, since well 



