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120 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 



triis and the succeeding species, i iiey uiner niucii in size and pernaps m 

 pubescence, and the leaves of this species are^ Ithinkj thinner m substance 

 iiud tlie laciniate leaves less dentate than those of G. Quercifolia. Tlie pe- 



tioles and peduncles afford no certain character. I have for the present 

 used Purjjh's description of this species though dissatisfied with it. • 



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Grows In dry shaded and rocky soils — found in tlie upper and mountain- 

 ous districts of Carolina and Georgia. 

 Flowers July — September. 



11. QuERClFOLIA. Pursll. 



G. glabra; caulee- i Glabrous; stem e- 

 recto, ramosa ; foliis rect, branching ; 



petiolatis, pinnatifidis, leaves on petioles, 

 siimmis lanceolatis^in- pinnatifid, the upper 

 tegerrimis,scabriuscu- lanceolate, entire, 

 lis ; floribus axillari- slightly scabrous ; 

 bus, oppositis, pedi- flowers axillary, oppo- 

 cellatis ; calycis laci- site, on pedicels ; seg- 

 niis sublanceolatis, tu- j ments of the calyx 

 bum aequantibus. | somewhat lanceolate, 



as long as the tube. 



Pursh 2. p. 423. ^ 



G. Heterophylla. Mulil. Cat. 

 Rlunanthus Yirginica. Sp. pi. 3. p. 191. 



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Koof pcrcumal, creeping. Stem firmly erect, 3— 6 feet higli, brandl- 

 ing, obtusely angled, purple, glabrous except near the summit. Upper 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, slightly mucronate, with translucent veins, the up- 

 per surface and margins slight/y scabrous, the lower leaves pinnatifid, the 

 segments acute and tootheil, and somewhat scabrous on both surfaces. 

 Pedmcles about 3 lines long. Calyx when young, pubescent, when old 

 glabrous. Corolla about 2 inches long, ventricose, yellow, hairy on the 

 inner surface, the border equally 5 cleft. Filaments nearly as long as the 

 corolla, very villous at base, the long pair fringed along the back. Jn- 

 ihers hairy, bifid, and awned at base. Sti/h as long as the stamens. Stig- 

 ma obtuse. Capsule, a little compressed at the summit. 



This is probably the G. ilava of Walter. 



Grows m dry rich soils, very common. 

 Flowers fioni May to September. 



