MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



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7. DlVARICATA. 



U. foliis alter nis, o- 

 vatis, acuminatis, ser- 

 atis, glabriusculis: pe- 



ciliatis: 



Leaves alternate, o 



1 



vate. 



acuminate, ser 



tiolis Ion 



gis. 



paniculis axillaribus, 



solitariis, divaricate ra- 

 mosissimis, petiolo lon- 

 gioribus; caule stimu- 

 loso. Pursh. 



rate, nearly glabrous; 



petioles 



long, 



ciJi 



ate; panicles axillary, 

 solitary, divaricately 

 branched, longer than 

 the petioles; stem sti- 

 mulant. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 365. Pursh, 1. p. 1 13. Nutt. 2. p. 208. 



This species is nearly allied to the following, but is sufficiently distinct, in 



XhlZ'^ r^'"''' T'^^l^ ^"^ ''"*'^*^' '^^ pHnicles solitary and mixed 

 wi^ferti e florets, and m the general appearance of the plant. Pursh. 



With this species [ am unacquainted. 



Grows in damp soils in rocky situations, from Canada to Carolina. Pursh. 

 i* lowers July — August. 



8. Canadensis. 



U. foliis alternis, cor- I Leaves alternate,cor- 



dato ovatis, acumina- 

 tis, serratis, utrinque 

 hispidis; paniculis axil- 

 laribus, pleruraque ge- 

 minatis, divaricatis, ra- 

 mosissimis, inferloribus 



masculis,petioloIongio-|than the petiole, The 



upper spikes long, fer 



date ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, hispid on both 

 surfaces; panicle axil- 

 lary generally in pairs, 

 divaricately branched, 

 the lower sterile, longer 



nbus,superioribus elon 



emineis; 



caule tile; stem very hispid 



atis, 



ispidissimo, stimuloso. | stimulant. 



^^ Sp. pi. 4. p. 365. tv^alt. p. 230. Mich. 2. p. 178. Pursh, 1, p. 114. 



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Stem four to eight feet high, branching, hispid. Leaves ovate, sliphtlv 



loose cTrvaricate panicles 



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