POLYANDRIA MONOGTNIA. § 



S. Carolinian UM. Walt. 



H. hirsKtum; foiiis I Hirsute: leaves o- 

 ovaiibus, subdenticii- ( vaLspai ingly toollied 

 latis; peduiicalis soli- { pediincles solitary, 1- 



tani'^.mtra axillarib 



floAvered, between th 



nifloris; calyce cap- a\ils; calyx longef 

 Lilam superaiUe. I than the capsule. 



Mich. 1. p. 307. Pmsh. 2. p. 364. 

 Cistus Carolinianus. Walt. p. 1 52. 



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iJoo? perennial, ^m erect, herbaceous, 8-lS inches high, senerallv 

 purpl^, variegated with white stellular pubescent Leaves Searly sc^sii;. 

 crowded at the base of the stem, sometimes nearly round, very villous' 

 pubescence as on the stem stellular. Flowers few, near the summit of th- 

 stem, larger than those of any other of our species, briaht yellow. Fednn- 

 des nearly an mch long. Cahjx 5 leaved, persistent, the two exterior 

 leaflets linear, generally expanding: the three interior .larger, ovate lanceo- 

 late, acuramate, 3 nerved, covering the capsule. Petals twice as long as 

 the calyx. Filaments numerous (30-40,) attached to the base of the jrerm, 

 ^equal, much shorter than the corolla. Germ superior, ovate, glabrous! 



S '" <7 tTu u^r"" §^^^^'^' obscurely 3-Iobed. Seed, numerous, 

 small, attached by the base to a central receptacle. * 



Grows in dry and moderately fertile soils. 



Flowers ]\Iay to June. 



This is an ornamental plant, but its flowers, as in this whole genus, 

 only expand for a kw hours in the mnrni,,^. ^ ' 



4. CORYMBOSUM. Mlch. 



H. foliis oblongo-o- I "^Leaves oblon 



vahbuslanceolatisque, | and lanceolate, to- 

 tomentosis, subtus ca- | mentose, underneath 



hoary; corymbs ma- 

 ny flowered, fasti- 

 giate. 



nescentibus ; corym 



bis multifloris, fasti 

 giatis 



Mich. 1 . p. 307. Pursh. 2. p. 364. 



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than those'of the ^ ^Sr^' • '' ^7''' "^ J'"^ '^''''' ^''^ "'"^h «™«»- 

 other species Freauemr- '"'"""'• ^" '-''^^^' '^"''^^ ^" ^'^^ '^^^^ ^^ «"^ 



ly above "be rest nnH^i^ ^ '^"1^' ^'"^ "'" '^^^ ^^^'^''^ "«« conspicuou^-v 

 jr «pove ifie rest, and the capsul<>s thep become much lari^er. 



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