MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



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COTUNDIFOLIA, 



M. caule prostrato; 

 foliis cordato-orbicu- 

 latis, obsolete 5-Iobis,- 

 pedunciilis fructiferis 

 declinatis. 



Stem 



prostrate 



? 





leaves cordate^orbicu 

 lar, obscurely 5-Iobed; 

 peduncles declining 

 when in fruit. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 786. Pursh 2. p. 454. 



Root perennial. Stem procumbent, 1—2 ket long, hairy. Leaves al- 



ternate,jiearly round, cordate, 5—7 lobed, a little hairy ; lobes very ob- 



8 inches long, when young almost hispid. Floteers in 



tuse. Petioles 



5 



small axillary clusters. Peduncles 4 



6 lines lono:. 



Exterior Calyx 3^ 



■aved ;^ leaves subulate, as long as the interior. Interior 1-Ieaved, 5-cleft 



both hairy. Corolla white, scarcely longer than the calvx. Staminife- 



rous tube and style shorter than the corolla. Sti/le many' cleft. Capsules 



numerous, collected in a flattened orbicular head. Seech 1 in each cap- 

 sule. V" 



An exotic becoming naturalized in our country. 

 Grows about buildings. 

 Flowery May to July. 



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2. 



M. 



AROLINIANA, 



foliis 



5>Iobis 



palmatisve^inciso-den-^ 

 tatis ; pedunculis peti- 

 ole longioribus ; peta- 

 lis integris; fructu vil- 

 loso ; caule prostrato. 



Leaves 5-Iobed oi^ 

 palmate, notched and 

 toothed 5 

 longer than 



oles 

 fruit 



petals 

 villous 



peduncles 



the peti- 



entire ^ 



prostrate 



5 



stenx 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 784. Walt. p. 176. Mich. 2. p. 44. Pursh 2. p. 454 



■Roof annual ? 



Stem prostrate, branching, a little hairy. Leaves al- 



5 lobed, with the lobes vari 



ternate, very obtuse or cordate at base, 3 



ously dissected, a little hairy. Stipules 2 at the base of each petiole, 

 small, ovate-lanceolate, ciliate when young. Flowers axillary, solitary. 

 peduncles about an inch long. Exterior Calyx 3-Ieaved j leaves linear, 



ipk!!° !^' ^^^'f*^*' **^*" ^^^ interior calyx. Interior calyx I -leaved, some- 

 ^t , . s^leftj both hairy. Pe<afe 5, spathulate, nearly round 



campanulate 



^^ the summit 

 «hort. 



ifi 



Anthers 12 — 15. Germ very hairy. Style as long as tlie sta- 



n^eus, many cleft, 15—20. Stigmas globose, dark red, Cajm/ks nur. 





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