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DIDYNAMIA ANGlOSPfeRMlA. 



dissected 



the 



seg- 



en 



■ 



dissectis, laciiiiis line 

 aribus pleriimque ob 

 tusis ; floribus paiiicu 

 latis. E. 



stem about 2 feet high, slightly pubescent Leaves glabrous, div-ided 

 to the base, comnonndly dissected or pinnatifid, the seginents irregular m 

 leneth, not pectinate, all hnear, and generally obtuse. Flowers m a pan- 

 icle composed of opposite branches, bearing a few flowers near and at the 



merits linear and 

 erally obtuse ; flowers 

 in panicles. 



summit of the stem. 



than those of the lower and more obtuse. 



Corolla purple, segments of the npper lip longer 



Stamens shorter than the co- 



rolla, sterile filament as long or longer, 

 mens. Stigma simple. 

 This 



Stijle nearly as long as the sta- 



- -^ 



is remarkable species was sent me as a Pentstemon from Louisville, 

 Georgia, by JMr. Jackson, its leaves have some affinity to the beymeua, 

 but the structure of the panicle and of the flower as far as the specimen 

 permitted me to examine it, is exactly similar to the other species of tins 



genus. 



Flowers. 



MARTYNIA. Gen Pl. 1010. 



sula 



Calyx 5-fidus. Co- 

 Cap- 



cortica- 



rolla ringens. 



Calyx 5.cleft. Co- 

 Cap' 



rolla rinsent. 



lignosa 



sule woo 



? 



coated, 4- 



? 



ta, 4.1ocularis, 2-val- | celled, 2-valved, the 



valves terminating in 



vis, rostro hamato. 



a hooked beak. 



1. PROBOSCIDEA. 



M. caule ramoso 

 foliis alternis, rotun 



? 



Stem 



branching; 



leaves alternate 



^ 



cor 



date. 



nearly 



r 



ound. 



slightly repand, entire 



dato cordatis, sub re- 

 pandis, integerrimis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 264. Pursh 2. p. 428. Nutt 2. p. 53. 



Annual. iS'/ewz generally procumbent, 1 — 2 feet high, branching, fistu- 

 lous and with the whole plant foetid, viscid and pubescent. Leaves ^oTCiC" 

 times opposite, on petioles 2 — 6 inches long. Floicers axillary, on pedun- 

 cles I 3 inches long. In this species there arc two lanceolate, smallj 



