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TETItADYNAMiA SILIQUOSA. 



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FFICINALE. 



E. siliquis spicae ad 



pressis; 

 tis. 



foliis 



rimcma- 





Pods appressed to 

 tlie stem ; leaves rim- 

 cinate* 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 509. Mich. 2. p. 31. PurshSp. 436. Nutt. 2. p. 68. 



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J?oo^ annual. Stem 1 — 3 feet high; erect, glabrous, with expanding 

 branches. Lower Leaves large and runcinate, the upper ones somewhat 

 hastate. Flowers on long, very slender racemes, very smalL Corolla 

 pale yellow, a little longer than the calyx. Pod 6 — 8 lines long, tapering 

 to an acute point, closely appressed to the stem. 



An European plant, partially naturalized in our country. 



Grows along the road side from Canada to Carolina. Pursh. Not 

 found in the low country of Carolina. 



Flowers May — June. Pursh. 



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ARABIS. 



Siliqua linearis, 



plerumque compressa, 

 Stigmate subsessili co- 



ronata, valvis venosis. 



Semina serie uiiica 



disposita. 



rectus. 



Ca li/x 



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ANADENSIS. 



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A, foliis lanceola- 

 tis, utrinque angiista- 

 tis,remote dentatis,ses- 

 jsilibiis ; siliqiiis pen- 



dulis, ancipitibus, fal- 

 catls. 



EN. Pl. 1049. 



Pod linear,g 



ly compressed, crown 



with 



the sessile 



stigma, valves veined 

 fS^eed arranged in on< 

 row^ Calyx erect. 



Leaves lanceolate, 

 narrow at each end^ 

 remotely toothed, ses- 

 sile ; pods pendulous^ 

 compressed, falcate. 



Sp. pl. 3. p. 540. Nutt. 2. p. 70. 



A. Falcata. Mich- 2. p. 31. Pursh 2. p. 437. 



Root perennial. Stem 2 to 4 or 5 feet high, a little hairy near the base- 



Leat-es alternate, sessile; pubescent, irregdarly toothed. Flowers in loni 



