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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Excepting in the leaf "^ have been able to see no difference between 

 this and the preceding species. The leaves are more strictly lanceolate 

 and moie acutely serrate. Its character after all is obsciu-e. 

 Grows in Carolina near Ashley River. Mich. 

 •Flowers through the Summer. 



LANTANA. Gen. Pl. 1026. 



Flore 



(2alyx 



dentatus. 



r capitali. 



obsoIete-4- 



Coro lice 

 Hmbus 4-fidus5 inae- 

 qiialis ; fauce pervia. 



Stigma 



fr actum. 



uncinato re- 



Drupa 

 Buce biloculari laevi. 



'^ 1. Camara,. 



■ 



li. foliis oppositis, 

 ovato lanceolatis, cie- 

 nato-serratis, scabris ; 



inermi, aspera 



caule 



to ; floribus capitate 

 umbeilatis, apliyilis. 



E. 



Sp. pl. 3. p. 

 Pluk. aim. t, 



114. f. 4 





Flowers 



capitate 



obtusely 



4- 

 Border of 



Cahjx 

 toothed, 

 the corolla 4-cleft; un- 

 equal, with the throat 

 open. Stigma refrac- 



ted, hooked, 

 containing a 

 2-celled nut. 



Drupe 

 smooth, 



Leaves 



opposite 



7 



? 



cre- 



ovate lanceolate 

 nate and serrate, sea 

 brous 



3 



stem 



rough 



9 



not prickly ; flowers 



in umbellate 

 without leaves. 



heads 



? 



A shrub 2-4 feet high, branching. • Stem square, not prickly but always 

 lough. Leaves opposite, scabrous on both surfaces, a little rugose, pubes- 

 cent along the veins, tapering at base to a short petiole. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, opposite, about 2 inches long, thickened towards the summit' 

 Flowers numerous in each head. Bracteas subulate, longer than the 



Corolla bright yellow or orange color. Stamens included in the 

 tiibe of the corolla. Drupes globular, forming a very compact head ol a 

 ^ark blue color when ripe. 



The roots of this flower were sent to me from St. Mary's by Dr. Bal^' 

 vin. I am uncertain however, whether they were, collected Ui Georgia 



ar Florida. 



Flo\wrs June— November. 



fcilyx. 



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