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MONOECIA IVTONADELPHIA 



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1. ViRGlNlCA. 



Lin. 



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A. floribus foemiiieis 



ad basin spicae mascu- 



lae; iiivolucris cordato- 



ovatisj aeuminatis, den 

 talis 



Fertile florets at the 



base 



of 



the 



sterile 



5 



fohi 



5 oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, remote, ob- 

 tuse serratis. 



spike; involucrum cor- 

 date ovate, acuminate. 



toothed 



? 



leaves oblono 



lanceolate, remotely 

 and obtusely serrate. 



16. F/. 



Sp. pL 4. p. 521. Walt: p. 238. Mich. 2. p. 215. Pursh, 2. p. 604. 

 NutL 2. p. 225. 



Plant anniiBl. Stem 12 — 18 inches high, striate, pubescent, branching. 

 Leaves altexm\Xe, lanceolate, pubescent, dotted, crenulate. Involucrum axil- 

 lary on a short peduncle, cordate, nerved, notched, pubescent, much shorter 

 than the leaves. St^ile florets very small, in a spike longer than the invo- 

 lucrum. Calyx 4-Ieaved. Leaven lanceolate, hairy. Stamens 8— 

 laments short, cohering at base. Fertile florets at the base of the sterile, in- 

 cluded in the involucrum. Calyx 3-leaved. Styles 3, 3 to 8-parted. Cap^ 

 sule composed of 3 united cells, hispid. Seer/ globular, 1 in each celL 



This plant is said by Dr. Atkins of Coosawhatchie, to be expectorant and 

 diuretic. He has used it successfully in cases of humid Asthma, Ascites 

 and Anasarca. ■ 



Grows in cultivated lands and in woods where the soil is dry and fertile^ 

 very common. 

 Flowers June — September. 



2. Caroliiviana. Walter. 



oles 



Leaves on long peti 



oval lanceolate 



A. foliis longe petio- 

 latis, ovali-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, acute ser- 

 i*atis, nervosis, basi sub 

 cordatis; ramulis fruc- I cordate at base 



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tiferis plerumqile nudis; 

 involucris sessilibus, 

 incisis; capsnlis eclii- 



acuminate^ acutely ser- 

 rate, nerved, slightly 



f r u i t 

 branches gene- 

 naked: involu- 



5 



natis. 



E. 



bearin 



rally 



crum sessile, notched 



capsules echiuate. 



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w 



It. p. 238. Sp. pi. 4. p. 521. Mich. 2. p. 215. Pursh, 2. p. 60 1. 

 Kuft. 2. p. 225. 



Pla7it annual. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, striate and very pubescent. Leaves 

 spnnkled with hairs on both surfaces, 3 — 5-nervcd; '? — 3 inches long, on pe- 



