194 DECANDRIA.— PENTAGYNIA. 



shorter than their panicles ; stamens 5 ; petal? 



slightly notched. 

 HAB. Dry hills. ©. Stems num., assurg. ; pet. often 



shorter than cal. 

 !. C. hirsutum: very hairy, diffuse; leaves obtuse 5 



connate ; flowers clustered ; petals 2-cleft, a little 



longer than the acute calyx. 

 HAB. New-Yprk, &c. 0. Leav. sub ovate, half 'in. 



long ; fi. in dense dust. 



* Petals longer than the calyx. 



o. C. nutans: viscid and elongated; stems erect, 



straight, deeply striate ; leaves elongated, distant, 

 ' linear-oblong, acute ; petals oblong, bifid at the 



tip, longer than the calyx ; peduncles at length 



much longer than the flowers. 

 HAB. Rocky hills. June. 0., Pale green, 8— 12 



in. high, very vise. ; pan. loose, term. 



0. C. oblongifolium: cespitose, pubescent ; stem erect 5 



terete, even ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, rathei 

 acute, shorter than the joints; flowers terminal, 

 shorter than the pedicels ; petals obovate, bifid at 

 the tip ; twice the length of the calyx. 



HAB. Mountains. June. %. Stem 8 in. high, re- 

 irors. pubes. ; ped. bract. ,fi. large. 

 7. C. tenuifolium: pubescent, cespitose; leaves nar- 

 row-linear, longer than the internodes ; stems 

 short, 3-flowered at the summit ; petals obovate. 

 emarginate, 3 times as long as the calyx. 



HAB. Mountains. June. U . A span high ; leav. 

 long, I line broad : pedunc. elong. 



310. AGROSTEMMA. Corn-cockle. Caryophyllca . 

 A. Githago : hairy ; calyx much longer than the 



corolla ; petals entire, without a crown. 

 HAB. Corn-fields. June— July. ©. Plant pale 

 green, % ft. high ; fl. large, purp. 



311. OXAL1S. Wood-sorrel. Oxalidcce. 



* Skinless. 



1, 0. Acctosdla : stemless ; scape 1-flowered, longer 



