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DIDYKAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 



« 



A 



PHYLLA. 



Nuttall 



*. 



Stem naked, near- 

 simple, with scales 

 opposite, ovate, small, 

 lis, aeciaius ; coroms i deciduous ; corolla 

 pedunculo longioi i- longer than the pedun- 



G. caule nudo, sub- 

 simplici, squamis op- 

 positis, ovatis, parvii- 



deciduis ; coroilis 



bus. 



cle. 



Nutt. 2. p. 38 



Ve- 



Annual. Stem about 3 feet Iiigh, erect, very sparingly branclied. 

 rv minute leaves axe sometimes, hiM sparingly found. In their place, are mw 

 liute, sphacelate scales. C«?i/a; minutely 5-toothed. _ Coroffa rather small. 

 Capsule ovate, longer than the calyx. Nuttall. First discovered by Ui. 



Baldwin in E . Florida. . 



Grows sparingly along the coast as far as Wilmington, JN. Carohna. 



Flowers probably during the summer. 



2. PLUKENETII. 



G. caule ramosissi- 



mo 



> 



folus setaceis, 

 labris; jfloribus axil- 

 faribus termiiialibus- 

 que; pedunculis folio 



ed 



Stem much branch- 

 leaves setaceous, 



brevioiibus ; 



calycis 



deutibus setaceis, bre 



labrous; flowers axil 

 ary and terminal; pe- 

 duncles shorter than 

 the leaves; teeth of the 

 calyx setaceous, very 

 short. 



F 



Pluk. PhyU T. 12. F. 4. 



Stem erect, about 2 feet high, slightly angled, very much braiK^erf* 

 Leaves scarcely an inch long, perfectly ^setaceous, i^c^''^'^**,^^^"_3' 

 Flowers numerous near the summit " '' ' ' ""' * ""^ ' 



sometimes opposite and axillary- 

 leaves. 



vissimis* 



Peduncles about half as long as the 

 Calyx truncate, with 5 minute, acute teetli. Corolla rather small 



for this genus, pubescent 



than 



agrees ramutely with the iigure 



referred, and which is alluded to hi Linnaeus as a variety of his L». I ur- 



purea 



spungy 



ctween the Oakmulgee and 

 through tiie middle country 



I 



of Carolina and Geoi^ia. 



Flowers August— October. 



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