POLYANDRU POLYGYNU. 



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uis in lobos oblongo 

 lineares 3-5 partitis; 



notched, stem leaves 

 divided into 3-5 long, 



calyce glabro petalis | linear lobes; 



sublongiore. 



calyx 



glabrous^ratlier longer 

 than the petals. 



Sp. PI. 2. p. 1314. Walt. p. 159. Pursh 2. p. 392. De CandoUe 

 1. p. 268. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Radical leaves cordate or reniform, on pe- 

 tioles 1 



the calyXj with a large scale at their base. Seed^ smoothj collected in ao 

 eval capiluium. 



Grows in wet grounds. 

 Flowers 



3 inches long. Flowers small. Petals yellow, about as long af 



Not common in the low country of Carolina^ 



6. SCELERATUS. 



li. 



foliis 



glabris 



> 



radicalibus petiolatis, 

 tripartitis, lobis trilo- 

 batis. 



obtuse subinci- 

 sis, summis tripartitis, 

 lobis oblongo lineari- 

 bus integris, floralibiis 

 oblongis ; calyce gla- 

 bro; carpellis mini- 

 mis inspicam oblong- 



De 



am dispositis. 

 Cand. 



I 



Leaves glabrous 5 

 those from the root 

 on petioles, 3 parted, 

 the segments obtuse 

 ly 3-lobed, and notch 

 ed, upper leaves 3- 

 parted, with the 

 ments oblong, linear 

 entire, 

 oblong ; 

 brous ; 



foi'ming 

 spike. 



seg 



9 



floral leaves 



calyx 

 seeds small 



an 



oblon 



9 



Sp.pl. 2. p. 1315. Purshj 2. p. 393, De Candolle 1. p. 268. 

 R. nitidus. Walt. p. 159. 



Root perennial? fibrous. Stem about a foot and a half high, fistulou* 

 slightly angled, glabrous, branchinsr and dichotomous. Lower petioles 4 



5 indies long; embracing the stem with their dilated base. Flowers 

 solitary, opptisite the leaf, or in the division of the stem. Peduncles 5 

 aoimeslong. Ca?y,r sprinkled with hair, yellowish, finally redected. 

 iJorolla small, shining, pale yellow, a little lons^er than the calyx, with a 



fmd pore at the base oX the petals, filmnU 12— i 6; siiorter Ui^ 



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