POLYANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 



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pedunculis oppositifo- 

 liis: calyce patente; 



carpillis utrinquc tu 

 berciiloso-aculeatisan- 



dnncles opposite the 

 leaves; caJyx expan- 



coriiii 



acuminatum 



rectum desinentibus. 

 De Gand. * 



ding , 



seed 



rouglien- 

 ed on both sides with 



tubercles^ terminating 



in a straight acumin- 

 ate pcfint. 



Sp. pL 2. p. 1329. Mich* 1. p. 321. Pursh^ 2, p. 395. De Caii-' 

 dolle 1. p. 298. 



Root annual. Stern procumbent, branching, 12 — IS inches high, suc-^ 

 culentj sprinkled with a few white hairs, which, as usual, are more nume- 

 rous near tlie summits. Lower leaves simple, slightly cordate and nearly 

 round, shining and bright green, 3-lobed, the lobes deeply toothed, gla- 

 brous underneath, sprinkled on the upper surface with a hispid pubes- 



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dentate, the simple leaves lanceolate 

 inch lonn;. 



pie, leaflets, sometimes cuneate and 

 Corolla on peduncles about an 

 Leaves of tlie calyx lanceolate, reflected. Petals obovate, 

 bright yellow, with a scale at base, longer tlian the calyx. Stamens nu- 

 merous, about IC, shorter than the corolla. Germs niuuerous, conipres- 



Sfj/lcs 0. Stigmas simple- 

 margin, the centre translucid and thickly muricated with translucid obtuse 

 prickles, point broad, straight or very slightly recurved. 

 Grows in cultivated land and aion^ the road side. 

 Charleston, frobably an exotic. 

 Flowers March — May. 



- sed. 



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Seed surrounded by a strong thick 



Common near 



\Q, Trachysperma. 



R. 



caule 



petiolis 



foliisque patentim vil 



foJiis trisectis, 



5 



aciit 



mcisjs 



losis 



J 



lob is 



pedunculis brevibus 

 oppositifoliis ; semin- 

 ibus tuberculosis, acu- 

 mine uncinato. 



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Stem, petioles and 



leaves villous with the 

 hair expanding ; 



leaves 3-cleft with the 

 lobes acutely notched; 

 peduncles short, oppo- 

 site the leaves ; seed 



tubercled 



with 



the 



point hooked. 



Stem orect, 12 — 15 inches high, branching, thinly clothed with soft ex- 

 panding hair. Leaves small, generally divided to the base, the segments 

 acutely notched and tootlicd, rather more hairy than the stem. Petioles 

 —d inciies long. Sceih compressed, conspicuoiisly muricatecl on both 



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