DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA, 



83 



pearancc from the other species of this genus^ I have followed Mr. Nutt- 

 all generally in their arrangement and characters. 



Grows in damp soils in the mountains of Carolina. 



Flowers July— August. 



■ "b 



_-i^ 



^^ Sfaminihus in 



x^Vi^ 



clusis. 



^* Stamens inclu 



ded. 



8. MUTICUM. 



P. foliis lanceolat 



Le 



■kj 



d 



lanceolate 



leviter 



rariterq 



rib 



dentatis. nervoso-cos 



tatis, glabellis 



br 



slightly toothed 

 bed^ glabrous ; 

 teas lanceolate, acute 



brae 



teislanceolatis, acutis 



? 



I 



. Piirsh 2. p. 410. 



Brachjstemum muticum. Mich. 2. p. 6. 



A plant 18 — 24 Inches high. Leaves sessile, very sparingly toothed^ 

 glabrous and with the whole plant dotted. Capituli soraewhat loosely 

 flowered. Bructeas scarcely longer than the heads. Bracteas and teeth 

 of the calyx acute, but neither acuminate nor awned. Teeth of the ca- 

 lyx fringed. Corolla pubescent, whitish, small. 



Grows in the upper districts of Georgia and Caroling. Pr. Baldwia 

 and Michaux. 



< Flowers, 



9. Verticillatum. 



P. foliis ovato Ian 



ceolatis, 

 denticulatis 



9 



interdum 

 pubes 



centibus^ verticillis 

 compactis ; bracteis 

 acuminatis. 



Pursh 2. p. 410. 



I 



Leaves ovate, Ian 



ceolate 



5 



sometimes 



toothed, pubescent 



whorls compact; brae 

 teas acuminate. 



? 



Brachystemum verticillatum. Mich. 2. p. 6. 



Stem 1 8 



very 



-", -vj^^..^, „iiw.v,j„i,gj wmii yuung very puDescenr. 

 l.efl«es sessile very acute, many of them very distinctly though remotely 

 clenticulate,pubescent and not as distinctly ribbed as the preceding species. 

 fracfeas acuminate and with the calyx almost villous, teeth of\he caly?t 

 Short but shghtly acuminate, the whole plant dotted: the calvx sprint 

 led with resmous atoms, flowers small. ' " ^ 



Grows m the mountains of Carolina. 



* louvers July 



igust 



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