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Root perennial. Stem 12—18 inches high, lower leaves on long three 

 cleft footstalks^ ternate and bitenmte, leaflets lobetl and crenato^ glaucous 

 particularly underneath. Pciah 5^ deciduous. Nectaries 5 between the 

 petals, extending into hollow straight spiu^s, callous at the point. Necta- 

 TICS and Petals scarlet tinged with yellow. Stamciu numerous^ disposed 

 •into 5 or 10 parcels. Ger?7zs downy, with long slender styles. Capsules 

 many seeded. / 



Grows in the npper and mountainous districts of Cai'olina and Georgia. 

 Flowers April — May. 





ASCYRUM. Gen. Pl. 1225. 



Calyx 4-pliy 



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2-valvis. 



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Calyx 4-Ieaved, the 



2-interior larger. Pe- 



tals 4. 



collected 



laiixes. 



long, 



Filaments 



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Capsule ob 

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prostrate 



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ramosv^si- much divided: leaves 



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foliis liiiGiiri-o- 



valibus, obtusi! 



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duDculis loDCfis reHex 



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floribus monogy- 



liiiear-oval, obtuse 

 peduncles long, reflec 



ted: flowers rnonogy 

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Mich 2. p. 77' Pursli. 2. p. 373, 



6—10 



iea^?e5 opposite, sessile, voiy ncirrow, tinted, perennial. Fhicers solita- 

 ry, axillary, and lu the (ii.l.iaii of the stem. Fcdundes 1-2 incli to an 

 inch long, reflected, witl. iwo stipules near the base. Uxxzq leaves of the 

 c«i^a; mate somewhat acute, and like the leaves marked with pellucid 

 dots. Petals obovate, } el]r,w, ,. little lon,ecr than the calvx. Stamens 

 numerous united .t tlie br of th. germ, the division into'sections not 

 distinct. St^Ie 1 , shottex thin the >iEmi. Cajjsulc ovate. Seeds attndi- 

 ea to Lhe margins of the valves. 



This appeal's to be the A. paucinoriim of Nuttall. I have alwavs con- 



^eMrU F"'^i^«^^ of Michnux, but it is possible that Uiereal plant 



of Mjchaux may have escaped my notice. 



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