MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



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eiiminatis serratjs; co 



rolla 



tiibulato-cam 



panulata ; capsulis o 

 vatis, acuminatis, gla 

 biis : seminibiis ho 



losericeis. 



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nate, serrate ; corolla 

 tubular^ slightly cam- 

 paniilate ; capsules o 

 vate^ acuminate^ 



la- 



brous ; seeds silken. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 808. Pursh 2. p. 456, 

 H- Virginicus. 



H. Hastatus. 



Walt. 177. 

 Mich- 2. p. 45- 



Root perennial. 



ootl 



4 feet hicrli^ branching. 



Leaves at first ovate lanceolate, afterwards hastate^serrate^the middle lobe 

 long and acuminate. Petioles long, terete. Flowers solitar^^j axillary.- 

 Pedundes about 2 inclies Jong, jointed. Exterior Calyx lO-leaved, 

 leaves subulate ; the interior 5-cleft. Pttah about 3 inches long, obovate,. 



finely pubescent^ of a pale rose colour, with a red base. 



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tohmn. about 2 inches long, 5-cleft at the summit. Proper Filaments fre- 

 quently forked. Style 5-cleft at the summit, a little hairy. Capsule 

 ovate, 5-valved, 5-ceIled, glabrous, hairy within. Seeds obovate, hispid.. 



Grows along the margin of rivers in the middle and upper country 

 round though rarely in the swamps near Savannah. 



f low ers July — September. • 



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CABER. 



H. caule scabro; fo- I Stem scabrous; low 

 Ws infimis ' ' ' ' 



angulatis, 



cordatis, er leaves cordate, an- 



superiori 



51o 



the upper pal 



mate, 3 — 5 lobed: ea- 



gle d, 



buspalmatis, 3 



bis; calycibus liispi- [ lyxes very hispid, 

 dissim* 



IS. 



Mich. 2. p. 45. Pursh 2. p. 457. 



H. Aculeatus. Walt. 177 

 Root perennial. 



covered as 



*^ell as the leaves, petioles, peduncles and calyx with small glands frequent- 



|y coloured, from which proceed rigid hair. 



"y VV alter to hf nntTnlar rr\rihitr> anrl ciJri-afo 



The early Leaves are said 



■the upper are deeply 3 or 

 •' loped, with the margins of the lobes irregularly dentate and angled. 

 ^5'"'/'^* 1 — 2 inches long. Flowers solitary, axillary.* Peduncles 2 



3 



lines long,not adliering to the petioles. Extenor Cah/x 12-leavcd, leaves 

 subulate, 2 cleft at the summit ; the interior caly twice as long as the ex- 



tenor, 5^1eft, the segments 3 ribbed. 



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inches long, hairv 



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