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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



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With this plant I am unac^iuaiiiled. Floicers white, small. Pursh 



Grows on the sea coast of Carolina. Pursh- 

 Flowers July to September. 



6. A 



BUT I L ox. 



S. foliis subrotim. 

 do-cordatis, acuraina- 

 tis, deiitatis, tomento- 



SIS 



pedunculis solita- 

 riis, petiolo breviori- 



; capsiilis biaris- 



bus 



talis, truncatis 





Leaves cordate^ 

 nearly orbicular, acu- 

 minate, toothed, to- 

 mentose ; peduncles 

 solitary, shorter than 

 the petiole ; capsules 

 two awned, truncate. 



Sp. pi 3. p. 750. Pursh 2. p. 453. 



Root annual. Stem erect, 2 — 6 feet high, branching, covered like the 

 leaves witli a very soft tomentum. Leaves aUernate, nearly orbicular, 

 acuminate, deeply cordate, crenulate, 4 — 6 inches in diameter. Petioles 

 4 — 6 inches long, pubescent. Stipules subulate, caducous. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitar}^, 3-flowered, sometimes compoundly 3-flowered, general- 

 ly maturing only the fruit of one flower. Peduncles 1 — 1 1-2 inches long, 

 pointed towards the summit. Bracteas two at each joint, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 3 — 4 lines long, caducous. Calyx somewhat campanulate, 

 scarcely angled. Petals obovate, obliquely emarginate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. Sfaminiferous tube shorter than the corolla, many part- 

 ed. St)/le pubescent, as long as the stamens, many (12 — 14) parted. 

 Capsules 12 — 14, hairy, conspicuously 2-horned, collected into a cam- 

 panulate head. Seeds 3 in each capsule, reniforra, glabrous. 



Grows in the middle country of Carolina and Georgia, very luxuriant- 

 ly in the river swamps near Granby, S. C. 

 Flowers May July. 



MALVA. 



Gen. 



L. 1134, 



Calyx duplex, ex 

 terior 3-phyllus. Pe 





Calyx double, the 



exterior 3-leaved. P^' 



tala5* Capsulce plu- tals 5. Capsules nu 



rimae, evalves, 1-sper- 



merous 



wi 



thout 



aise. 



valves, one seeded. 



