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POLYANDRIA Dl — PENTAGYNIA 



more flowers^ common peduncle about an inch lopg. Segments of the ca- 

 lyx ovalj seven nerved, glabrous^not dotted. Petals oval; twice as long as 

 the calyxj dotted, of an obscurely red color. Stamens generally 9j as long 

 as the corolla, united at base into 3 phalanxes^ an ovate orange colored gland 

 between the phalanxes. 

 $nk 3 celled. 



Stf/ks 3, separate^ as long as the stamens. Cap- 



Grows in wet soils and ditches and around ponds. 

 Flowers August and September. 



2. TuBULosA. Walt. 



E. floribk^s trigynis; 



Flowers trigynous ; 



corolJis tubulo^is ; sta- corolla tubular 



sta- 



mmum 



corporibus mens united above the 

 plasquam ad medium | middle; leaves sessile, 

 connatis; foliis sessil- 

 ibus. 



r 



Pursh, 2. p. 379. Nutt. 2. p. 17. 



"cum tubulosum. Walt. p. 191. 



, Tlws plant still rests on the authority of Walter. It is one of the very 

 few of bis species which has not been identified. 

 Grows 



Flowers 



3. Petiolata. Walt. 



+ 



E. foliis petiolatis 



oblongo.ovalibus,obtu- 



I 



sis 



HoriBus oppositis, 

 axillaribus, subsessili- 

 bus, subternis : sta- 



Leaves on petioles, 



, obtuse ; 



obfon 



oval 





flowers opposite, ax 

 illary, nearly sessile 

 generally by threes 

 stamens united to the 



middle 5 capsule ob- 

 long. 



9 



# 



5 



mmibiis ad medium 

 usque connatis, capsu- 

 %s oblongis. 



Pursh. 2. p. 3T9. Nuttall. 2. p. IJ. 

 Hypericum petiolatum. Wal. 191. 

 Hypericum axillare. Mich. 2. p. 81. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet high, glabrous. Leaver 

 opposite, emargmate, tapering at base, dotted, and somewhat glaucous 



vlivckm^ath, petioles aljout b^Jf an inch long. Common peduncle 3-4 



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