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MONADELPHIA POLYAXDRIA. 



Leaves as in all of the genns alternate^ ovate, acuminate, entire, obtuse- 

 ly toothed, 3-nerved, cordate ; above sprinkled with short hair, under- 



' ' Petioles 1 — 2 inches long. Flowers 



neath tomentose and glaucous. 



CTOvvin*^ towards the summit of the stem, solitary, axillary, attached to the 



petiole. 



winfTfd. 



? 



Tlie proper ijedaiidc about an inch long, pubescent 

 tiole after the junction of the peduncle, dilated and obtnsely 

 Calyx persistem,pabescent; the exterior 15 leaved, leaves subulate, acute, 

 cibout half as long as the interior calyx : the interior 1-leaved, campanu- 

 late, 5-parted, with the segments acuminate and nerved. Petals obovate, 

 >vhite, with a purple base, pubescent on the outer surface. 3 — 4 inches 



long. The staminifi 



its naked summit. Proper Filaments 4—6 lines long, growing by pairs. 

 Germ superior, ovate, glabrous, 5-furrowed. Style shorter than the co- 

 rolla, 5-cIeft at ihe summit. Stigmas nearly spherical, glandular, whhe. 

 Capsule ovate, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds many in each cell, obovate. 



Grows on the margins of ponds. 



Flowers from June to September- 



■2 inches long, furrowed, toothed at 



2. Palustris- 



H* foliis lato-ovatis, 

 obtuse-serratis^ subtri- 



lobis^ 3-nervibiis, sub- 



tus tomentosis 



pe 



Leaves broacl^ o- 

 vate^ obtusely serrate^ 

 generally 3-lobed^ 3- 

 nerved, tomentose un- 

 derneath ; peduncles 

 axillary^ longer than 

 the petiole. 



Sp. pL 3. p. 808. Walt? p. 176. Pursh 2. p. 455. Nutt. 2. p. ^^' 



4 feet high. Leaves rather broader than in the preceding 



duncuhs axillaribus 

 petiolo longioribus. 



Plant 



species, more generally angled or 3-lobedj glaucous underneath and con- 

 spicuously acuminated. Flowers rather smaller than the H. Moscheutos, 

 (purple. Pursh.) inserted in the base of the petiole. 



I feel doubtfnl whether Waher ever saw the real H. Palustris, and 

 Avhether his H. Moscheutos and Palustris are distinct species. This spe- 

 cies has never occurred to me in the low country of Carolina, and Pursb 

 speaks of it as a Northern plant. 



Grows in wet soils. 



Flowers July — September. 



3. G 



RANDIFLORUS. 



H. foliis amplis, co- 1 Leaves large, cori- 

 riaceis, cordatis, trilo- aceous, cordate, 3-io- 



