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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



adpresse piibescenti- 

 bus; foliis glabriiiscu- 

 lis, trisectis triloHisve, 

 lobis ovatiSjSiibincisis, 



les hairy with the hai 

 appressed; leaves gla 

 brous,3-cleft or 3-lob 



dentatis 



? 



calyce 



V 



la 



iusculo, reflexo, pe 

 talis paulo breviore.- 

 De Cand. 



ed, lobes 



9 



acute 



ly toothed; calyx gla- 

 brous, reflected, a little 

 shorter than the pe- 

 tals. 



De Candolle 1. p. 292. 

 Radical leaves trisected or three lobed, segment and lobes ovate, obtuse; 



Cand 



and obtusely toothed. 



This plcint appears to resemble the preceeding species, but in the R. 

 palraatus, the leaves as far as I have seen them, are never divided to the 



base, and are very hairy. 



Grows in the low country of Carolina. Bosc. 



Flowers 



11. HiSPIDUS. 



R. cauleerecto 



moso petiolisque , _. i , r- j 



tentim pilosissimis; fo- | tioles densely cloathed 



panding hair; 



pa 



Stem erect, branch 

 ing, and with the pe 



liis tri-sectis tri parti 

 tisve, segmentis ova- 



with 



leaves 3-cleft or 



parted, segments v. ^ «,x 



dentatis; pedicellis ad- I acute, sharply toothed: 



presse pubescentibusj peduncleswiththe hair 



lib us 



9 

 9 



acutis, inciso 



9 



calyce adp 



appressed 

 pressed. 



3 



ap 



Mich 



Pursh 2. p. 395. De Candolle 1. p. 289- 



Root 



egments 



Herally separated, the middle one on a petiole sometimes nearly an incU 

 long, segments deeply 3-lobed, with the lobes acutely toothed, all very 

 Iiairy, petioles sometimes 6—8 inches long, very hispid, with the hair ex- 

 panding. Stem 12—18 inches high sparingly branched. Flowers on 

 long peduncles, less hairy than the petioles, and with the hair generally 

 appressed. Petals obovate, much longer than the calyxor stamena. Seea 

 nnooth, compressed, with a short strsught poiat. 



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