10, 



?OLYANDRIA MONOGTNIA* 



^i. 



L 



Corolla larger than tlie calyx. Petals obovate, bright purple. Stamens 

 numerous^ short. Germ superior. Sti/le short- Stigma very large co- 

 vering the stamens. 



and 



Seeds attached to a central receptacle. 



Georgia, rarely found along the sea coasts; 

 Flowers April and May. 



c 



2. Rubra. Walt. 



S. foliis sfacilibus, 



5 



ala ventrali linear! 

 appendice ovata^ erec 



ta^ obtusa, mucronata, I erect, obtuse, mucro 



Leaves- 



slend 



er 



longitudinal wing lin- 



; appendix ovate. 



ear 



asi 



sub^ coarctata ; 



floribus rubro-purpur 



? 



nate 

 base 



? 



contracted 



at 



eiSi 



5 



flowers purple. 



Walt. p. 152 Sp. pi. 2, p. 1150.'^ 



Leaves slender from to 1 inches higli ; tube fegufar, increasing to 

 the summit; throat not contracted; appendix slightly contracted at base, 

 erect, cloathed with very fme hair on its inner surface, marginal wing nar- 

 row, nearly uniform in its whole length. Flowers much smaller than in 



the preceding species. Petals obovate, attenuated at base of a dark red- 

 dish purple. * 



fen 



many 



fornicated appendix, it appears materially to differ, and may possibly be 

 found to conitiiute a distinct species. 



Flowers April and IVfey. 



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I 



3. Flava. 



S. foliis majusculis, 

 irifandibnliformibus, 

 fauce p at ul a ; a I a v e n- 

 trali subnulla ; appen 

 dice erect a, basi co- 

 arcta, lateribus retro- 

 flexis ; floribus flavis. 



5 



middle country 



1 



Leaves larg 



9 



fun 



nel shaped, with the 

 throat expanding, and 

 scarcely any longitu- 



g; appendix 



erect, contracted at 



reflected at the 

 ; flowers yellow., 



9 



des 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1150. Walt. p. 153. Mich. 1. p. 310. Pursh. 2. p. 267, 



