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DiDYNAMIA ANIGOSPERMIA. 109 



ciitissuiiis, hispidis, til- | lanceolate^ very acute, 

 bo corollas breviori- I hispid, shorter tlian 

 bus. I the tube of the co- 



rolla. 



Sp. p]. 3. p. 563. Mich. 2. p. 24. Pursh 2. p. 420. 

 Anon. Caroliniensls. Walt. / '!' ' 



Stem 18—20 inches high, 4-anglpd, and willi the whole plant hairy. 

 Leaves ovate and ovalj lanceolate, entire, attenuated at base into a petiole 

 half an inch long. Floicers axillary, generally 3 in each axil. The larg- 

 er Bractcal leaves as long as the calyx, the lesser about half as long. 

 Cahjx 5-parted, linear lanceolate, the u])per half almost setaceous, ve^' 

 hispid. Corolla pale blue, the tube longer than the calyx, the border 

 somewhat campanulatc, 5-parted, \yith the segments roundeS, nearly 

 equal. SUnncns shorter than the corolla. Sfi/lelongcr than the stamens, 

 slightly 2-cleft at the summit. Stiffmas equal. Seeds few, (4, Waltei 



ill each cell of the elastic capsule. 



) 



I know not how Pursh could have called the segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate, tliey are very accurately represented by Dill. Hort. Elth. T. 

 249. F. 321. exce]iting that in number 5 and 6 the setaceous points are not 

 siifficiently extended, but in number 1 from which he derived the epithet 

 Comosa, the representation is very accurate. 



^ Grows generally in damp soils, may be found in great luxuriance in tlie 

 high ridges in river swamps, 

 flowers throagh the whole Summer, beginning in IMay. 



2. HiRSUTA. E. 



suta, ramo 



sa ; foliis ovali-lanceo- 

 latis, sub acutis, ses- 

 gilibus ; calycis laci 



I 



Hirsute, branching 

 leaves oval lanceolate 

 nearly acute, sessile 

 segments of the caly> 

 subulate, hispid, a Jit 



? 

 f 



nns subulatis, hispi- , „... ^^ .„.^_, ^ ... 



tlis, tubum corollae 1 tie longer than the 

 paulo supcrautibus. tube of the corolla. 



E 



Ste 



1 



otm erect, 12 to 18 inches high, very obtusely 4-angled, sparingly 



"ranchedj very hirsute. Leaves opposite, acute at each end. slightly un- 



th r '7^ °*^ hispid. Flowers generally one in each axil. 'Segments of 



le Laft/x regularly subulate, rather longer than the tube of the corolla. 



.r^rS ^^^ ''^"*'' ^^^^^ ^"^'■y 'ong- Every part o£ the plant much 



sfnaller than m the preceding species! 



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