POLYANDRIA POLYGrWU, 



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1. Caroliniana. Walt. 



A. 



foliis ternatis^ 

 foliolis incisis serra- 

 tisque^ involucro tii- 

 foliato* foliolis trifidis 





■m 



Leav 



ternate 



f 



eUilis 14 to 20 ova 

 ibus^exterioribus sub 



? 



leaflets notched and 

 serrated; involucrum 



^^M. ^ i.vvv>vt J All V VJiUV-l 111. 



3-ieaved, leaflets 3 



conaceis. 



E. 



petals 14-20 o 

 the exterior some 



hat 



J- 



Walt. p. 157. Be Candoile 1, p. 201. 

 A tenella? Vvssh 2. p. 386. 



Root perennial. Leaves on petioles 2— S inches lonff. Scam 1-flow- 

 er.d sleiK^er, S-l6 inches long, covered pazticulnvl, tolards Z suntk 

 witji a silky clown. Involucrum nccir tlie middle of the scape the loaf! 



hVlJr T'^'^r^y'f'^ P^'f' «blong, oval, white, the eiterior G^S 

 th cker and sprinkled with purple specks, the interior %-iA very thin and 

 dehoate ^ Fdaments short yellow. St:oma hooked. 5ecZ ting^n 

 a cyhndncal receptacle, covered with a silky down. ^ 



1 his beautiful and fragrant plant, has probably escpped the notice of ill 

 our botanists except Waher, for it is vcr^ doubtful wlfether the A tenelt 

 Th t ' • '' ^'^ f ?'^ F^^"*- ^*' ^^^'^^^^^ "> t^'^s ^^ountrv is very limited 



seed S ttT'' ''' 'r-^''^"' '^^^ P^*^^^ ^^ P-^'^^-^^ covL-ngthe 

 seed, and the scape contniues to grow until the s-^ed ripens. 



*ound hitherto only in one or two places in the oak lands hnM.rln^.i,. 

 oantee swamps, near I^aneau's ferry. 

 Flowers generally between the 8—1 6th of MarcJi 



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2. Nemorosa. 



A. foliis 



ternatis, 



foliolis cimeatis, mcis- 

 o-lobatis, dentatis, a. 



Leaves 



ternate 



cutis 



9 



5 



corollis 5 



caule unifloro; 



petalis ; 



seminibus ovatis, sty 

 lo brevi uricinatis. 



leaflets cuneate^Iobed, 

 toothed acute 5 stem 



one flowered; corolla 



5-6 pe tailed; seeds o- 



vate 



th 



, ,, Sp.pl 2. p. 1281. 

 <«iUe 1. p. 203. 



Stem about 



I 



hooked point 



a short 



Mich. 1. p. 319. Pursh 2. p. 386. De Can- 





