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FOLTANDRIA TOLYGYNIA 



I have 

 which I can refer to no other 



The Ranunculi of the U. States still reqiure imiher exammatioii 

 wecimcns from MilledgeviUe, in Georgia, which I can refer to 

 iTrrZoA snecies yet thev differ from the above description, by havm^ 

 t cSa t^vTasl^as't^^ calyx, an4 the seed slightly hooked at the 



summit 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia 



i-i 



14 



TOMENTO 



simo 



patentim 

 ascen- 



deiite 1-2 iloro; foliis 

 petiolalis tomentosis 

 trisectis, smnmo ses 



sili, 



Stem 



ascending 



very villous with the 

 hair expanding 



^ 



flow 



leaves 



2 

 on 



ovato 



? 



mtegro 5 

 losissimo 



subreflexo. De Cand 



petiolesjtomentose, 3- 



clefl, the upper ones 

 sessile, ovate, entire 



villous 



^ X very 

 somewhat reflected 





Pursh, 2. p. 394. De Candolle 1. p. 292. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem short, ascending at the summit, loaded 

 with soft expanding hair. Leaves three parted, segments 3 bbed lobes 

 IvatertttS^ wi& the hair appressed. Petals obovate a httle longer 



than the calyx. t)e Candolle. 



Flowers. 



tipper 



Bqsc. 



Florihus III 

 ieis; foliis incisis muh 

 tijidisve ; 



%%%% Flowers yet 



low; 



leaves 



notched 



radice 



or many cleft; root 

 Jihrous; seed tuher^ 



hrosa ; peincarpii^ tu- 



herculosis, echinaUsve^ \ ded or prickly 



15. l\tuRlCATU3. 



R. 



lat) 



ris 



3 



petlolatis 



latis 



foliis 



suborbicu- 



trilobis, grosse 



Leaves 



on 



dentatis; cade erec 



roiind 



glabrous, 

 petioles, nearly 



3-lobed 



rouna, a-ioi>cu, 



coarsely toothed; Stem 



tiusculo aut 



diffiiso 5 Urett ^r diffuse 



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