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tHADELPHlA DECAiNDRlA 



6. O 



BTUSUM. 



H. 



foliis ternatis, 

 ovatis, obtusis, basi 

 Shbcordatis ; stipulis 



Leaves tern ate, o- 

 vate, obtuse, slightly 



cordate at base 

 siibiilatis;paniculater- I pules subulate: 



? 



sti- 



niinali ; artieulis 



lo 



menti semiorbiculatis 

 reticulatis, liispidis. 



^ 



; pani- 

 cle terminal ; joints of 

 the pod semiorbicular, 

 reticulate, hispid. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1190. Piirsh 2. p. 482. 



Stem erect, brandling, a little hairy towards the summit, 

 small, scarcely an inch long, ovate and obtuse, nearly glabrous but sprint- 

 led with a few hairs, particularly along the veins, the lateral leaves gene- 

 rally subcordate. Panicle terminal, erect. Corolla purple. Lomentum 

 gen^ndly 3-jointed. Joirafe hispid, nearly round. 



Gruws in dry soils. * 



Flowers September. 



Leaves 



ILIARE. 



H 



foliis ternatis 



ovatis, subtus 



9 



centibus, marg 



ci 



liatis 

 tiali 



5 



; panicula termi 



lomenti articu 



lis semiorbiculatis.his 

 pidis. 



Leaves ternate, o- 

 vate, pubescent under 



pani 



(fie 



neath, fringed 

 the margin ; 

 terminal; joints" of the 

 pod semiorbicular, his- 

 pid. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1196. Pursh 2. p. 482. Nutt. 2. p. 109. 



Stem erect, about 2 feethigh, streaked, pubescent. Leaves ovate, some- 

 times a little rhomboidal, pubescent underneath, a little scabrous on the 

 upper surface, on a common peduncle rarely half an inch long. Panicle 



ZZ''f'r"'T^^ "^^1 many simple racemes, nearly covered with small 

 flowers. CoroZZa purple. Ca/yx 4-cleft. Lomcntum^-3 jointed. Joints 

 aearly round, reticulate- -^ 



Var. Oblongifolium. 



«J?.dTvWl? '""^f*^^"* ^*^f' f^'^. I have always found this plant accora- 



TJt I^ 1 T I *"" ^f'T 'P'^'''^^' ^^^^"^Winir it entirely in habit, 

 ^ze, in the clustered panicle of small flowers, but differing in its leaves, 

 which are larger and proportionally more long, more glabrous, slightly 

 glaucous underneath and growing on petioles an inch long. " ' ^ '' 



Grows m dry sandy lands. Common abwut Beaufort. 

 flowers oenlember and Octohpr 



