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©lADELPHIA PENTANDRIA* 



1 



1, Carneum. 



p. spica cylindrica, 

 pedunculata; bracteis 

 subiilatis, longitudine 

 calycis ; calycibus gla- 



Spike cylindric, pe 



dunculate 



J 



bracteas 



5 



folioiis lanceo 



subulate/as long as the 

 calyx; calyx glabrous,- 

 leaflets lanceolate. 



bns 

 latis. 



Mich. 2. p. 49. Pursh2.p. 4Gl. Nutt. 2.p. 85» 



Root perennial. Stein 2—3 feet high, glabrous. Leaves in alternate 

 fasciculate clusters, pinnate, generally with three pair of leaflets and an 

 odd one* Leaflets linear lanceolate, entire, small. The common petwk 

 tarely an mch long, entire, glabrous. Flowers in terminal cyhndncal 

 heads. Bracteas subulate,when young much longer than the calyx, giv- 

 ing the spike a square appearance, but not longer than the calyx when m 

 flower. Calyx ovate, striate, glabrous, 5-toothed, deeply cloven on the 

 upper side, the teeth when young pubes<!ent on the inner surface. Pe- 

 tals obovate, on long claws, the upper one larger than the rest and slight 

 ly emarginate, all brilliantly white. 



as the corolla- 



This plant which grows in great abundance on the sand hills between 



the Flint and Chatahouchie rivers, notwithstanding the colour of its co* 

 rolla agrees in too many respects with the P. Carneum of Michaux to be 

 separated from it without a careful examination of his original plant. 

 Specimens which I have received from Florida under this name differ 

 much in their general aspect from the one I have described. — There are 

 probably still some unknown species in the extensive pine forests along the 

 southern line of Georgia and in East-Florida. • 



flowers July — August. 



Stamens and St^Ie nearly as long 



2, CORYMBOSUM. 



P. pedunculis pani- I Peduncles in parti* 

 cnlato-corymbosi^; ca- cled corymbs ; caly% 

 lycibus plumasis ; fo- plumose ; leaflets' lin" 

 liolis liaearibu^, muti- J ear^ unawned. 



eis* 



Mich. 3. p. 50. Piu-sh 2. p. 461. Nutt. 2. p. 85- 

 Anon. Kuhnise Affniis. Walt. p. 103. 

 Dalea Kuhnistera. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1337* 



Root perennial. Stem erect, branching, glabrous, about 2 feet h>g»' 



heaves generally 3—4 pair, heaflcts linear^ entire; glubrous; dotted uA" 



