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DIDFNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA 



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OBOLARIA. 



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EN. 



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L. 



1044. 



Calyx ? 



Coro I' 



la campanulata, 4 fi- 

 da. Stamina aequalia 

 ex divisuris corollas. 

 Stigma bifidum. Cap- 

 sula 2 valvisj 4 locu- 

 laris? Semina pluri- 

 ma, parva. 



1. VlRGINICA. 



la 

 cleft. 



Calyx 0? 



Corol 



campanulate 



? 



4- 



Stamens equal 

 in the divisions of the 



corolla, 

 cleft. 



Stigma 



2- 



Capsule 2 val- 



ved, 4 celled] 

 numerous, small. 



Seeds 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 346. Pursh 2. p. 431. Nutt. .1. p. 103. 



Root perennial ? Stem herbaceous, 4 — C inches high, smooth. Leaves 

 obovate, obtuse, sessile, and slightly decurrent, entire, smooth, glaucous. 

 Flowers generally 2 — 3 on the summit of small, o|)posite, axillary branch- 

 es, sometimes sessile. Bracteas? 2 leaves similar to the leaves of the stem 

 at tlie base of each flower, performing perhaps the functions of a calyx. 

 Corolla campanulatr, deeply divided, white; segments equal, acuminate, 

 sometimes fimbriate. Filaments inserted in the divisions of the corolln, 

 about half as long as the segments. Germ superior. Style rather longer 

 than the filaments. Stigma deeply 2 cleft. Capsule 2 valved, 4 celled ? 

 or perhaps 1 celled with the rudiments of partitions. Seeds very small. 



This plant, from the structure of the corolla and the insertion of the 

 stamens, certainly belongs to the class Tetrandria where it has been cor- 

 rectly placed by Mr. Nuttall. 



Grows in rich soils, near Clouter's spring, 6 miles from Charleston. 



Flowers Mai'ch ? 



OROBANCHE. Gen. Pl. 1045. 



Calyx 4 — 5 fid us. 

 Corolla sub-ringens^ 

 5-fida. Capsule ova- 

 ta, acuta, 1-Iocularis, 

 2-valvis. Semina plu- 



rima, minima. Glan- 

 dula sub basi germi- 

 nis. 



5 cleft 



Ca lyx 4 — 

 Corolla somewhat 



gens, 5 -cleft. 



ovate. 



side 



1 -celled 



Seeds n 



small. A gland undei 



the base of the gerni' 



Cap* 



acute, 



2-valved. 



ous, very 



