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POLYANDRIA Dl~PENtAGrNIA, 



Stem shrubby, dichoiomous at the summit. Flowers solitary, 

 nearly sessile in the division of the branches. La Marck* encycL 4, 

 Grows in Carolina. La Marck. 



Flowers 



yellow^^ 



9. Galioides. 



H.floribus trigynis, 

 paniciilatis, termmali- 



Flowers trigynous 



panicles 



terminal 



i 



5 



bus ; stylis coadimatis; I styles united; leaves 



foliis linearibus 

 libus 



9 



J sessi- 

 margine revolu- 



tis; caule suffruticoso. 

 Willd. 



linear, sessile, with 



their margins revolute; 



stem somewhat shrub- 



by. 



Sp. PI. 3. p. 1451. Pursh. 2. p. 376. 



Stem about 2 feet high 

 culate. Panicles terminal, 

 longer than the linear caljx. 



Branches four 



an 



Ijeaves Tasci- 



Does this really differ from the next species ? 

 Grows in sandy moist placesu 

 Flowers July— September. 



retais ana btamem equal and scarcely 

 Pursh. "^ 



10. Fasciculatum. Mich. 



nis 



H. ramulis tetrae 



9 



foliis 



confertis 



quasi 



verticillatim 

 fasciculatis, filiformi- 



iinearibus.obtusis.ses. 



Branches 4-angled 

 leaves crowded as 

 in verticillate clusters 



silibus 



? 



peduncul 



filiform 

 tuse 



9 



linear 



9 



sessile 



9 



ob 



9 



3 



pedun- 



apice ramulorum 



laribus 



9 



1-3 



floris 



calycibus filiformibus 

 stylis coaduAatis. 



J 



cles near the summit 

 of the branches, axil- 

 lary, 1-3 flowered 



Mich 



aly 



united 



filiform 



» 



) 



tyles 



H. coris. Walt. p. 190. 



H. tenuifolium. Piti^h. 2. p. ^Tt 



TQua Fith tbe iptg-«ie<liate 



iYiiia..tr • * — b — ^-"-^. Leaver 



^^^J ^^PPosite; sometimes the peduncles become 



heaves of the caljfix: 



