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15. ViRIDIFLORUM. 



H. eiectum 



? 



foliis 



\ 



ternatis, ovatis, obtu 

 sis, supra scabiis,sub 

 tiis moilissime villosis 



})anicula 

 ongissima 



? 



9 



terminali, 

 snb Hilda : 



Erect; leaves ter- 

 nate, ovate, obtuse, 

 scabrous on the upper 

 surface, villous and 



lomenti articulis tri- 



aiigularibus. 



Clayton Flora Virgin, p. 109. no. 190. 

 Walt. p. 185. 



Stem 3 



very soft underneatli; 

 panicle terminal, very- 

 long, naked ; joints of 

 the pod triangular. 



Linnsei. Sp. pi. 1055. 



4 feet high, pubescent, very scabrous towards the summit. 



^eairs ovate, sometimes acute, very scabrous on the upper surface, cloth- 

 ea Willi a velvet like tninpritiim nn tlio i.r,,^io,. o 3 inches loiio- 1— -i i 2 



^'ide, common petiole 1 



somenines viscid. Cahjx 4.cleft, the upper segment bifid, the lower one 



S- ■^^'^''^'^'- ''^""^^ purple within, greenish without. Lom ■ 



3 



2 inches long. Peduncles very scabrous and 

 ^ 4-cIeft, the upper segment bifid, the ' 

 Petals purple witliin, greenish without. 



•4 jointed, johifs oblong, triangular. 



iliis plant as was remarked tome by Dr. Muhlenberg in his letters, 

 ?l;l ?"L: 0"'8'»al H- Vimliflorum of Clayton and Gronovius, 



"foliis 



lojus magnis superns asperrimis, subtus raollibus althea instar" and 

 inereJore of Linnaus. Walter, Michaux, Willdeaow and Pursb have un- 

 der tins name described another species. ,^ 



^rows in dry soils. Very common. 



!• lowers from June to October. 



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16. SCABERRIMUM. 



. H. erectum, scaber 



Erect 



very 



sea- 



nmum; foliis ternatis, | brous; leaves ternate 

 ovatis^superne attenu- 



atis, acutis, canescen- 

 ti-pubescentibu5 

 pulis ovatis, acumina 



ovate, tapering to the 



9 



sti 



summit, acute, hairy 



9 



pubescent 



5 



Stipules 



us: 



pa 



Hs,persistentib ^^^. 

 ^Jpula majuscula,'tei 

 *^»iah; loment! 

 culis 



ti 



ovate, acuminate, per 

 sisteiit ; panicle large 



terminal; joints of the 



,. pod large, somewhat 



J'UHs majusculis, sub- triangular, very his- 



tlis 



r*^ 



imis. 

 VOL. n. 



bus 



3 



hispi 



pid. 



e2 



