DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 



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10. 



NCARNATA. 



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P. caule simplius- 

 culo^erecto, glauco; fo- 

 liis sparsis, subulatis ; 

 spicis ovali oblongis ; 

 corollis tubo gracili, 

 elongate. 



Stem nearly simple, 

 erect, glaucous; leaves 

 scattered, suliulate : 





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spikes oval, oblong 

 tube of the corolla 

 long, slender. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 871: Walt. p. 178. Mich. p. 52. Pursli 2. p. 464. 



Stem erect; simple^ 1^ — 2 feet high^ slightly angled. Leaves alternatej^ 

 sululate, dotted; very glabrous. Flowers in a long and somewhat loose, 

 terminal spike. Bracteas subulate, caducous. Call/ cine wings oval, 

 greeoj with the margins tinged with pink- The keel of the corolla twice 

 as long as the calycine wings, bright purple. The lateral lobes crenate, 

 the intermediate lobe conspicuously fimbriate. Seeds hairy. 



Grows in dry soils, preferring oak lands. 



Flowers May — August. 



tatis^ 



*^^ Floribus capv 



^*# Flowers capi-.. 



tate. 



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UTEA 



P. caule simplici ra- 

 mosoque; foliis inferi- 

 oribus spathulatis, su- 

 perioribus lanceolatis; 



floribu 



tatis, luteis ; alis ca 



simple 



or 



lower 



s 



loboso capi- 



Stem 

 branching ; 

 leaves spathulate, the 

 upper lanceolate; flow- 



ers in globular heads 



yellow; calycine wings 



l^cinis lanceolatis, a- lanceolate, acuminate. 



cummatis. 



E. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 894. 



^5. Nutt. 2. p. 88. 

 Stem 8— 



Walt. p. irS. Mich. 2. p. 54* Pursh 2. p. 



l^ranches. 



Ca- 



— 16 inches high, generally simple,but sometimes bearing a few 

 Radical leaves obovate and obtuse- . Stem leaves lanceolate, 

 Entire. Flowers in compact, globose heads. Bracteas persistent, 

 lycine wings lanceolate, acuminate, bright yellow. Keel of the corolla 

 yeHow, w ith the intermediate segment fimbriate. Sted a little hairy. 

 Grows every where in damp soils. 

 Flowers through the whole summet. 



TOL. II. 



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