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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



mon petiole 2 — 5 inches long. Racemes axillary and terminal, tormina; a 

 lar^e loose panicle. Bracteas before the opening of the flowers im!)ri- 

 cate and conspicuous^ when in flower, from the elongation of the common 

 peduncle, the flowers appear thinly scattered on the stem. Calyx 4-cleft, 

 the upper segment bifid, tlie lower long. Corolla purple, rather larger 



Lomcntum 3 — 6 jointed, often pendulous, 



than is common in this genus. 



very scabrous. 



Grows in rich dry soils. 



Joints lone and triangular. 



Flowers August 



Septeml)er- 



10. Canadense. 



H. foliis 



oblongo 



ternatis, 



Jaiiceolatis 



stipulis filiformibus 



5 



/f 



loDo: 



Leaves ternate, ob- 



lanceolate ; sti- 



racemosis 



? 



floribus 

 bracteis ovato-laiiceo- 

 laiis, acuminatis, cili- 

 atis; articulis lomenti 



pules filiform; flowers 

 in racemes.; bracteas 

 ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, ciliate ; joints 

 of the pod obtusely 

 triangular, hispid. 



obtuse triangulis, his- 

 piuis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1187. Pursh 2. p. 481. 



Stem about 2 feet high; erect, very pubescent near the summit^ furrow- 

 ed. Leaves long^ lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, particularly along the veins. Flowers in compact,axiIlary racemes. 

 Bracteas large^ closely imbricate and conspicuous before flowering as in 

 H. Bracteosum. Corolla purple. 



This species is said by Pursh to extend to Carolina. It very probably 

 can be found in our mountainous districts. 



It in the low country. 

 Grows in drv soils. 

 Flowers July— August. Pursh. 



I have hovveverj never seen 



11. M 



ARILANDICUM. 



H. foliis ternatis, 

 oblongis, subtus villo- 

 siuscuiis; stipulis sub- 



ulatis 



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racemis 



pani 



Leaves ternate, ob-. 



culatis ; lomentis tii- iculate 



long, slightly villous 

 nnderneath; stipules 

 subulate; racemes pan- 



• 1. -m ^^ • * A 



pods 3-joint 



articulatis^ articulis | ed, joints rhomboidal, 



