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216 DlADELPPIIA DECANDRIA. 



gularibus^ pubescenti- I the pod triangular^ 

 bus* I pubescent. 



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Stem 3 — 4 feet high, sometimes decumbent, a little pubescent towards 

 the summit. Leaves sometimes slightly acuminate, veiny, common peti- 

 ole ] — 3 inches long, partial petioles about 3 lines long. Flowers in a 

 large compound panicle, (florets as is common in this genus,) 2 from each 

 bud,on peduncles 5 — 8 lines long. Bracteas ovate,acuminate, ciliate, 2 — 

 3 lines long. Cohjx 4-cleft, the upper segment emarginate,the lower one 

 nearly twice as long as the rest. Corolla purple. LiomentumS — 5 joint- 

 ' ed. Joints triangular, pubesccnt. 



This plant has, as remarked by Mr. Nuttall, some resemblance to the 

 H. Bracteosum, it differs however, in its leaves, which are wider, thicker 

 and not so acute, and by its small bracteas. It was sent by me many 

 years ago, as a distinct species, to Dr. Muhlenberg under the^iame of H. 

 Coriaceum. 



Grows in rich dry soils near Beaufort- 



Flowers August to October. 





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14. Rhombifolium. E, 



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H. pubescens ; fo- 

 liis ternatis, rhomboi 

 deis, obtusis^ crassius- 

 culis, reticulato-rugo- [ late, rugose ; panic'e 



Pubescent ; leaves 

 ternate, rhomboidal, 

 obtuse, thick, relicii- 



sis ; panicula compo- 

 sita ; bracteis parvu 



compound ; bracteas 

 small; pods 1-3 joint 



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lis; lomentis 1 — 3 ar- ed Joints nearly round, 

 ticulatis, articulis sub- I veined, 

 orbiculatis, venosis. 



Stem 2 — 3 feet high. Leaves somewhat thick and rugose/^aler un- 

 derneath, the lateral leaflets frequently obtuse, the terminal always rbom- 

 boidaij common petiole 6—10 lines long, the partial about 1 line, -sti- 

 pules subulate, 3—4 lines long. Buds 2—3 flowered, proper peduncle 

 5—5 lines long. Bracteas ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, hairy. Cali^^ 

 4.cleft, the upper segment slightly emarginate, the lower one a little logg- 

 er than the others. Corolla purple, Lomentum 1—3 jointed. Joinis 

 nearly roimd, very pubescent. 



Orows in dry soils about Beaufort. 



beptember — October. 



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