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- POLYANDRIA DI — PEKTAGYNIA 



1. Parviflorum. 



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H. erectum^ ram- 



osum, glabrum; caiile 



subtetragoiio; foliis o- 



vato-oblongis^subcor- 

 datisjobtusis^iiervv ■._ I ^ 



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panic.:, m 



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Erect, brandling, 

 glabrous; stem 4-an- 

 gled; leaves cblong, 

 ovatCj somewlia/t cor- 

 dale^ obtuse, nerved, 

 sessile; panicles ter- 



minal, 



dichotomous 



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• petals 



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corymbose; 

 shorter t' an the' lan- 

 ceolate calyx. 



sessilibus 

 terminalibus dichot 



mo-corymb OS is; pe"a- 

 lis calyce lanceolato 

 brevioribus. 



Sp. i>l. 3. p. 1456. Pursh, 2. p. 316. 



H. quill quenervium. Walt. p. 190. Mich. 2. p. 79. 



Root creeping-. Stem erect, sknder, 1—2 kti high, succiilcnt; branch- 

 es alternate and opposite. Leaves dotted, 5 nerved. FloiDevs solif^rv in 

 the division of the stalks. Peduncles 2—3 hnes long. Calyx 5 leaved 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, 3—5 nerved, dotted, 3 large, 2 small. Corolla 

 deciduous, yellow. Filaments niunerous 1 2—1 5, longer tlian the corolla 



Germ pyramidal. ^Ji/fcs 3, short, expanding. Stiginas gll-jose. Cap- 

 sule 1 celled, 3 valved. o o r 



of ^mids "' ^"""^^ '°'^^' ^^'^^ common in ditches and around the margins 



Flowers June, September. 



2. Canadeinse. 



H. floribus alari 

 bus,pedimculatis, soli- 

 tariis; foliis sessilibus, 

 linearibus, basi attcn- 

 uatis ; caule herb ace o. 



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Flowers solitary on 



winged 





peduncles, 



linear, 



; stem 



? 4- angled, 

 tetragono, superne di- dichotomous 



chotomo; capsulis Ion 

 gis, conoideis, colora- 



lis. 



leaves sessile 



tapering at base 

 herbaceous^ 



towards 

 the summit; capsules 



long, conical, coloured. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1435. Walt. p. 189. Mich.2.p.79. Pursh, 2. p. 387. 



Sfem 1-2 feet high, slightly angled, ira.e. linear, obtuse dotted 

 obscurely 3 nerved lower branches of the panicle oppos te, the upper di 

 chotomous. Corolla and Stamens about as long ^ts U e Calyx Candle 

 much longer than the calyx, of a dull red colour. ^ ^ 



Grows in wet Pine barrens. 



Flowers July — September. , 



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