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TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA, 



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1. Pentaphylla. 



C. floribiis gynan- 



Flowers 



gyiiaii 



dris 



5 



caule inermi. 



foliis quinatis ; I droiis; leaves quinate^ 



stem unarmed. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 564. Flush 2. p. 441. Nutt. 2. p. 73. 



Root annual. Stem 2 — 3 feet liigh, sometimes branchingj glabrous, vi- 

 scid. Leaves on petioles, 3 — 5 inches long, Leaflets lanceolate, very fine- 

 ly and irregularly serrulate, upper leaves sometimes undivided. Flowers 

 in long terminal racemes. Peduncles 1 — 2 inches long. Calyx small, 

 (5 leaved. Nutt.) Petals obovate or nearly round,white, with very long 

 capillary claws. Germ linear, supported by a pedicel much longer thaa 

 the petals, to the middle of which 6 linear anthers arc attached on long fi- 

 laments. jS<i/Ze very short. S^/^wa capitate. Capsule 2 — 3 inches lon^f, 

 linear, on a long footstalk. Seeds few, and distant in each pod. 



Grows in cultivated grounds, and about buildings. 



Flowers May — July. 



2, CuNEIFOLIA. Mulll. 



c. 



foliis 



simplici- 

 bus, SLibsessilibus, ob- 

 ovatis ovalibusque^ 



Leaves 



ne arly 



sessile 



simple 



f 



9 



obo- 



basi cimeatis 



? 



flori 



bus hexandris, termi 

 nali-fasciculatis. 



vate, cuneate at base; 

 flowers hexandrous in 

 terminal clusters. 





Muhl. Cat. p. 6l. Pursh. 2. p. 73. 



Root annual? Stem 12—18 inches high, erect, much branched near 

 the summit, glabrous. Leaves about an inch long, slightly retuse, entire. 

 Flowers in clusters at the summit of the branches. Peduncles 1—6 lines 

 long. Calyx very minute. Corolla obovate or nearly round, supported 

 on long slender claws, white, tinged with purple. Stamens rather longer 

 than the corolla, inserted just within, and sometimes between the petals. 

 Anthers linear. Germ stipitate. Style 0. Stigma obtuse. Pod near- 

 ly 2 inches long, filiform and very slender. 



Grows very abundantly in the dry ridges between Milledeeville and the 



Chatahouchie. 



Flowers June 



August. 



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