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TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 



143 



Stem nearly a foot high^ glabrous. Leaves 2^ opposite^ 2 — 3 inches 

 li)nj, variously and irregularly dividca, the segments all linear and some- 

 what acute. Flowers in a terminal raceme- Leaves of the Cal//x lan- 

 ceolate, appressed. Corolla of a pnle piu'ple^ more tha.i twice as long as 

 the calyx. Stamens all longer than the calyx. -SY^/clonger than the sta- 

 mens. Stigma capitnte. 



Grows in the inountams of Carolina, 

 flowers. 



CARD AMINE. 



Siliqua elastice dis- 

 siliens, valvulis revo- 



G 



EN. 



P 



L. 



loss. 



voliitis. 



r Li m . 



nans. 



Stigma inte- 

 Calyx apice 



Pod opening elasti- 

 cally, with the valves 



revokite. 



tire. 



Stigma en- 



Calyx expand 



bus 



1. Spathulata. 



C, parvula ; cauli 



ing at the top. 



Small 



decumbeutibus 



5 



Stems de 



foliis radicalibus spa 

 thulatis, pnbescenti 



? 



cumbent: root leaves 



? 



spathulate, pubescent"; 



bus 



J 



cauhnis lineari 



9 



Stem leaves narrow 



cuneate, entire and 



toothed ; pods loosely 



divaricate. 





cuneatis, integris den 

 tatisque ; siliquis 



varicato-laxis. 



Midi. 2. p. 29. Pursh 2. p. 439, Nutt. 2. p. GJ. 



A plant has been sent me by Dr. Anderson from Claremont count}'-, S. 

 J^arolma, as the C. Spatlmlata of Michaux, which though differing a little 

 irom the description, I know not where else to refer. Root annual? Steyji 



T'lf 1 ^ — ^"^ inclies high,hairy, and the pubescence on the stem and leaves 

 fteUuIar. Root Leaves lanceolate, spathulate, rather obtuse, scarcely an 

 mch long, ston naked below, leaves towards the summit of the stem 



i»ear lanceolate. Flowers in racemes axillary and terminal. 



eaved, hairy, leaflets oval. Corolla white, petals oblong and obJvate 

 "Vice as long as the calyx. Stamens nearly as long as the corolla. 



ery short. Stigma capitate. Pod terete, linear, about an inch long. 



«vK-u"^,^^ ^}^^ P^*** "^ ™y specimen were mature, but they appeared to 

 exhibit the character of this genus. 



^rows in the middle districts of Carolina. 



I lowers March— April . 



Calyx 4- 

 jvate. 



Style 



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