DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 



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rhombeis 

 pilosiuhculi 



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reticiilatis, I reticulate, a little hairy 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 1189. Pursh 2. p. 482. 



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Stem erect, pubescent towards the summit. Leaves ovate, hairy on the 

 under surface, particularly along the veins, the lateral leaflets sessile and 

 slightly cordate, conimon petiole 1—2 inches long. Panicle somewhat 

 rhombddal"'' "'^ ''"'P'*'* Lomentum 2-3 jointed, somewhat 



Grows in dry soils. 

 Flowers Jul J 



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■August. 



12. RiGIDUM. 



E, 



H. erectiim, ramo 



sissimura; 



foil is 



ob 



Erect/ much divi 

 ded; leaves oblong-O' 

 vate, obtuse, reticu 

 late, pubescent; pani 



brae- 



cle 



branching , 



teas ovate lanceolate. 



acuminate. 



longo-ovatis, obtusis, 

 leticulatis, pubescen- 

 tibus; panicula ramo- 

 sa; bracteis ovato-Ian- 

 ceolatis, acuminatis. 



Stem about 3 feet high, almost toraentose towards the sumn^it. Leaves 

 nearly 2 inches long. 5—7 lines wide, thick, strongly reticulate and very 

 pubescent on the under surface, common petiole rarely half an Inch long. 

 ramcle composed of long erect racemes. Bractcas small. Lower seg- 

 ment of the cal\T£ mucli longer than the upper. Corolla small, piuple. 

 f lowers at first crowded, scattered as the stalks extend. 



Grows in dry soils. 



flowers August— September. 



13. L 



Nutt 



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H 



berrimum 



erectum 



5 



natis 



? 



loliis ter 



subcoriaceis, 

 subglaucis ; 



ovatis, acutis, 



subtus 

 panicula 



^posita, ter 



mm 



"•"-cteis parvulis 



^f^nti artfcul 



ti 



Erect 



9 



brous; leaves ternate 

 ate, acute, some 



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it coriaceous,sIight. 



under. 



com. 



glaucous 



neath 



pound, terminal; bi 



leas sma 



9 



oints of 



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