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rOLTANDKIA POLYtJYNlA. 



tis fiiiformibus; folio- 

 rum segmentis ovatis, 

 subtrilobis, margine 



subtus revolutis 

 tus 



tnents filiform ; seg- 

 ments of the leaves o- 

 vate, generally 3-lo- 

 bed, with the margins 

 velutino-piibes- I revolute, underneath 



sub 



finely pubescent. 



centibus. De <Cand. 



De Candolle 1 . p. 1 73. 



T. pubescens. Fursh 2. p. 383. 



S^m slen der, glabrous, erect. Xeawes bi or triternate j wltti the Seg- 

 ments ovate, slightly cordate, or cuneate, entire or 3-lobed, with the lobes 

 acute, the margins when dry slightly revolute, somewhat rugose on the 

 ijpp"'er surface, cloatlied on the under with a fine tomentum. Panicle ter- 

 minal, nearly naked, pedicels divaricate, longer than the leaves. Petals 

 4—5, oVal, Anthers yellow, oblong, mucronate at the summits De Cand- 



Grows in the lower districts of Carolina. Fiasen 

 Flowers June — August. 



2. DioicuM. 



T. 



floribus dioiciSj 

 filamentis filiformibusj 

 foliorum segmentis su- 



brotundis 



9 



cordatis 



obtuse lobatis 



bris 



gla 



y 



Flowers dioecious^ 



filaments filiform^ seg- 

 ments of the leaves 

 nearly round, cordate. 



5 



pedunculis ax- brous 



obtusely lobed 



9 



gla 



illaribus, folio brevior- 



3 



peduncles ax 



ibus. 



De Cand. 



illary, shorter than the 

 leaves. 



Sp PI. 2. p. 1296. Pursh 2, p. 388. De Candolle 1. p. 173, 

 1. Laevigatum Mich. l. p. 322. 



JJoorperennial. Stem herbaceous, 1-2 feet high. Leaves generally 

 friternate, very glabrous. Flowers Sessile, in small axillary clusters or 

 timbek. FootstalJcs of the umbels generally sfcorter than the leaves, 

 sometmies extending and becoming compound md paniculate. Corolla 

 small, white. Stamens m this genus generally longer than the corolla- 

 beeds deeply striate. ' ^ 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Mich. 



Flowers J\Iay— July. Pursh. 



