MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



157 



mala 5, Ay^illi 5, mo- 1 Arilli 5, one seeded. 



nospernii^ anstati. 



awned. 



1. C 



AROLINIANUM. 



9 



G. diffiisum, pubes 

 cens; foliis oppositis 

 5-lobis, lobis trifido- 

 incisis ; pedunculis bi 

 fioris 

 ginatis, 



? 



petalis 



emar- 



loQgitudine 



calycis, aristatisj aril 

 lis villosis. 



Diffuse, pubescent ; 

 leaves opposite, 5 lo- 

 bed, lobes three cleft; 

 peduncles two flower- 



ed 



5 



petals 



emarofi 



nate as 



long 



as 



e 



calyx, awned ; 

 villous. 



arils 



Sp. pi. 





p.m. Walt. p. 175. Mich. 2. p. 38. Pursh 2. p. 449. 



tomously 



Nutt. 2. p. SO. 



Root annual, fusiform. Stem procumbent and assurgent^ di and tricho- 



tU\ idedj pubescent with the hairs reflected. Leaves opposite at 

 the division of the sterUj 5^7 lobed, the lobes generally 3 cleft and the 

 segments again notched and divided, the margins of the leaves as well a^ 

 the stem are frequently tinged with purple. Petioles 4 — 6 inches long. 

 Stipules 2y subulate, at the base of each petiole. Flowers in the division 

 of the stem. Feduncles 2 — 4 inches long, 2 flowered. Cah/x 5 leaved, 

 angled, persistent; leaves ovate^ 3 nerved, fringed and mucronate- Petals 

 obovate, emarginate, hairy at base, pale pur])lc, as long as the calyx. Sta- 

 mens 10, about half as long as the corolla, 5 exterior and a little shorter 

 than the others; all slightly united at base but scarcely monadelphous. Nec- 

 tary ? 2 yellow glands at the base of each shorter filament. Gerjn superi- 

 or, very villous. Styles 5} united. Stigmas 5, thick, oblong. Jrilli 

 black, hairy, mucfonated with the straight persistent style. Seeds 2 in 



each arillus, oval. 



Flowers from IVIarch to May. 



abundantly 



^F 



M 



ACULATUM. 



G. erectuni, retror^ 

 sum pubescens ; caule 



omo 



^ichot 

 positis 3 



incisis 



3 



foliis 



op 



? 



J partitis 



pedunculis e 



? 



Erect, retorscly pu- 

 bescent ; stem dicho- 

 tomous; leaves oppo 

 site, 3 — 5 parted, 



notched ; peduncles 



