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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



583 



partitus. Corolla 0. 1 /y:c 5-parted! Corolla 



Stigmata 

 bifida. 



duplicate 



Stigmas 3, doubly 



nosperma 

 ceiis. 



Capsiila mo- I 2 cleft. Capsule Ist^d 



? 



iiondehis 



I 



d, not open 



V 



1. L 



INEARIS. 



C. caule erecto^ di- 

 chotome -ramosissimo; , uiuu»j_y 

 foliis supra stelJato pi. I leaves on 



losis, subtus argenteo- 

 fepidotis. 



Stem erect, diclioto- 

 mously branching; 



the upper 

 surface stellularly hai- 

 ry, underneath covered 

 with silvery scales. 



Mich. 2. p. 186. Sp. pi. 4. p. 380. Pursh, 1. p. 206. Nutt. 2. p. 209. 



Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, dichotomously branched, with the 

 duisions generally remote, covered like the under surface of the leaves, with 

 SI very scales. Leaves linear-lanceolate or ovate, entire, on short petioles. 

 t lowers in short terminal and axillary spikes, small, the upper florets sterile. 

 Capsule oval, covered also with scales. 



The lea^'es of this plant vary from linear-lanceolate to ovatej the extremes 

 ^Ppear sufficiently distinct, but intermediate specimens seem to connect 



Grows in dry pine barrens, near Georgetown, and in the middle districts 

 w ^arohna. 



Flowers June — May. 



PLANERA. Gmelin. 



MasculL Calyx cam- 



Panulatus, 4-fidus. Co- 



^olla 0. 



Stamina 3 



/ 



^exserta. 



Hermaphroditi, Ca 



f/^ campanulatus, 4 

 "tlus. Corolla 0. Stig 

 ^fita 2, sessilia, recur 



Sterile Jiorets. Calyx 



campanulate, 4.cleft. 

 Corolla 0. Stamens 3 



5 



i 



exsertcd. 



Herm, Jiorets. Calyx 

 campanulate, 4-cIeft. 

 Corolla 0. Stigmds 

 sessile, recurved. Nut 



f.^-- 



