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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRH* 



tariis, axillaribus,loii- | lary, as long as the p6- 



tioles ; exterior calyx 

 filiform. 



itudine peliolorum ; 



calyce exteriore fili- 



formi. Pursh 2. p. 



452. 



Among the undetermined specimens lii my herbafiuili, I have one wlucli 



may possibly belong to this species. 



Root perennial ? Stem 12—1 8 inches high, branching, tomentose ra- 

 ther than hispid, pubescence stellular. Leaves lanceolate^ somewhat rliom- 

 boi.lul, serrate, a little hairy on both surfaces, on petioles 1—2 lines long- 

 ^lowers on small axillary branche^j so crowded and so nearly sessile that 

 though strictly solitaiy on each axil, they appear fasciculated. Stipules 

 subulate, hairy, longer than the petioles or peduncles. Cali/x angular^ 

 hairy. Fetals yellow, a little longer than the calyx. 



The mature capsule I have not seen, ' m 



This plant has no exterior calyx, but in the diied specimens the stipules 

 are very often found adhering to the calyx as if connected irith it- 

 Grows in sandy soils. 

 Flowers July — August- 



3. R 



nOMBIFOLIA. 



S. foliis 



oblougo 



lauceolatis, dentatis, 

 basi cimeiformibus^ in- 

 tegerrimis ; peduncu- 

 lis petiolis multo lon^ 

 gioribus ; capsulis bi- 

 cornibus. 



Leaves oblono;, lan- 



ceolate, toothed, cii 

 neate and entire 



L 



base 



? 



peduncles 



Ioniser than the peti 



oles 



J 



horned. 



capsules 



two 



f«, 



Hk 



slio^htly glaucous underneafli. Petioles 2 



3 lines long. 



Sp. ph 3. p. 740, Mich. 2. p, 43, Pursh 2. p. 452. Nutt. 2.p.81- 



Root perennial, stoloniferous. -S^emsuffruticose, 1 — 2 feet high^bran^'^'' 

 in"-, covered as well as the under surface of the leaves with a stellular p^' 

 bescence. Leaves in alternate clusters, a little bairy on the upper suii'^*^^ 



Stipules seta- 

 ceous, as long as the petioles. Floioers axillary, in general solitary, ^^' 



s long. Calyx 5-angled, pubescent, persistent, S-clei ' 

 Petals obovate, yellow, about an inch long. Staminiferous coho^ 



the stamens. Cap- 



mles about 12, aggi'egated in a depressed spherical head. Seed \ in ea^ 

 capsule- ^ 



Grows In dry pastures. 



Flowers from July— October. 



d uncles 2 



3 



inche 



scarcely half as long as the corolla. Style as lon^ 



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