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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



on the outer surfaccj yellow with a bright purple base. 



ifi 



lumn. bright purple. Sli/le and Stigmas yelloNv. Capsule hahy. 

 Grows hi damp clayey soils. 

 Flowers from June to September. 



\ 



9. Speciosus. 



Ait. 



^^ 



H. glaberrimus^ fo- 



Very 



glabrous ; 



liis palmatis, 5-parti- [ leaves palmate, 5-par- 

 tis, laciniis lineari-Ian- 

 ceolatis, acuminatisj 



remote-serratis 



rolla patiila. 



? 



CO 



ted 



the segments lin- 



ear lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate^clistantly serratej 

 corolla expanding. 



. Sp. pi. 3. p. 822. Mich. 2. p. 47. Pursh. 2. p. 456. 

 II. Coccineus. Walter 177. Bart. 



_ Stem 4 — Q-—7 feet high, branching. Leaves alternate, cordate, deeply 



divided, the lobes irregularly tootlied, the veins generally coloured. Peti- 

 oles ' " • ' ' • . - ' • . _ 



inches long,tinged witli purple. Stipules veiy small, setaceous. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary. Peduncles 3—4 inches long, jointed near the 

 summit. Exterior cali/x 12—15 leaved ^ leaves subulate, a little shorter 

 t!i a a the interior. Petals 4—5 inches !ong, obovate, a little pubescent 

 near the base, of a deep red colour. Staminiferovs column nearly as 

 long as the petals. Capsule glabrous, ovate, acute and somewhat angled. 



Walter 



Seeds pubescent. 



I know not why the name of Bartram and 

 it is at least as appropriate as that of Aiton. 



Found in damp soils in Florida and perhaps in the southern parts of 

 Georgia. ' It is enumerated by Walter among the i)lants of Carolina, but 

 I have never seen it in the woods, although it is a common inhabitant of 

 oui- gardens. 



Flowers from July to September. 



GORDONIA. Gen. Pl. 1144. 



Calyx 



phyllus. 



Petala 5, basi conna 



Stylus 5-gonus 



ta. 



Stigma te 5-fido. Cap 



y 



sula 5-locuIaris. 



Re- 



ceptaculum centrale. 



columnare. 



Semina 



bina, ala foliacea. 



Calyx 



5-leaved. 



Petals 5, connate at 



base, 

 led. 



Style 5 



Stis[ma 



-ang- 

 5.cleft. 



Capsule 5-celled. Re- 

 ceptacle central, co- 

 lumnar. Seeds two, 

 winged. 



