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DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 



mibuSjCoIoratis. Cap- 

 sulci obcordata^bilocu- 



laris, bivalvis, 



* . Flor lb us axilla r- 

 ihus. 



coloured. 



CapH u te 



obcordate, 2-ceIIed, 2 

 valved. 



* Floivers axiltary 



1. Paucifolia. 



t 



p. pumila; caulibiis 



Plant small 



stem 



simplicjssimis, 

 is, inferne nudis 



erect 



fo 



X JtlllL OlUrtll 5 ^tvii* 



simple, erect, naked 



bis Qvatis, acutis, gla 



bris 



floribus termi 



? 



leaves o- 

 labrous; 



nalibus axillaribusque 



at base 



vate, acute, 



flowers terminal and 



axillary. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 880. 



h 



Plant 2 — 3 inches high. Root perennial. Stem glabrous^ with small 

 ovate scales near the base- Leaver near the summit clustered, ovate, 

 acutCjOn short petioles. Flowers generally appear terminal and by threes, 

 gomotimes axillary, and larger than in any other of our species. Pedun- 

 des about half an inch long. The two lower leaves of the calyx small, 

 lanceolate, the upper larger, ovate, a little gibbous at base and compressed, 

 calycine wings as long as the corolla, bright purple. Corolla purple, 

 summit of the carina crested. 



r 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina, 



Flowers May — August. 



Purslj. 



cemes or s 



^* Flor thus race 

 mosiSf spicalisve, 



2. PuBEscENs. MiiliL Cat. 



p. pubescens; caule 

 erecto, ramoso ; foliis 



*^ Flowers in ra 



'pikes 



9 



5 



oblongo lanceolatis, a- 

 cutis,subsessilibiis; ra- 

 cemis laxis, leruiinali- 

 bns ; floribus pedun- 



Pubescent; stem e- 

 rect,brancliing; leaves 

 oblong lanceolate, a- 

 cutc, nearly sessile ; 



rticemes loose, term^' 



nal 



5 



flowers on 



pC" 



