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MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



14. Paniculata. 



E. 



E. umbella trifida, 

 dichotoma; floribus ter- 

 minalibiis, sub-pa nicii- 

 lalis; foliis alteriiis^ ova- 

 libus, sessilibus, subtiis 



sub-pilosis; caule sub- 



Umbel 3-cIeft, di- 

 chotomous; flowers ter- 

 miual, somewhat pani- 



culate, 



oval, 



piloso. 



E. 



-^ -r 



sessile^ 

 under- 



slightly hairy 



nealli; stem somewhat 



hairy. 



leaves- Leaves about 1 



Si^n 1 — 2 feet high, slightly angled, very hairy around the base of the 



' ' ' ^ Inches long, one inch wide, entire with the mar- 

 gin revolute, hairy along the midrib. Umbel at first generally 3-fid, the up 

 per branches dichotonious, and near their summits the flo\A ers are numerous, 

 axillary and terminal, with small opposite bracteal leaves at each joint. 



Fruit smooth. ; 



Grows in the middle districts of Carolina and Georgia. Columbia, Mr. 



Herbemont. 



Flowers August — September. 



Many opinions have been entertained as to the real structure of the flow- 

 ers of this genus. Each involucrum (Calyx, Lin.) contains one central fe- 

 male floret, and several ^o/wt's near the base bearing stamens, these points 

 or receptacles are as numerous generally as the petaloid segments of the in- 

 " ' Linnaeus considered the whole as one flower, the stamens m- 



rnminor fn rriMtiirifv irrpo^nlarlv. JuSSlCU BlCSl 



volucrum. 



serted into the calyx, and coming to maturity irregularly. 

 su^;>ested the now prevailing opinion that the structure was monoecions, a 

 common involucrum with a pistilliferous floret in the centre, surrounded by 

 clusters of raonandrous florets, each cluster generally containing 3 — 5 florets, 

 wparated by bristles or membranaceous multifid leaves, and these florets 

 naturally coming to maturity at different periods. 



PHYLLANTHUS. 



G 



EN. 



Pl. 1412. 



Masculi. Calyx 6- 1 Slerile florets 



part It us. 

 Filamentum 



Corolla 0. 



colum- 



m 



^_ 



nare. Ant her ce 3. 



FoemineL Calyx 6- 

 partitus. Corolla 0. 

 Nectarium margo 12- 

 angulatus. Styli 3. 



lyx 6-parte(l. 



Corolla 



0. 



nar. 



Filaments colum- 



Anthers 3. 



Fertileflorets 



Ca 



lyx 6- parted. 



Coro Via 



0. 



Nectary a margin 



Styles 3- 



l2-aiiglecl. 



Capsula 3-locuIaris. Capsule 3-cel!ed. oeexi 



Semen 1. 



1 in each cell. 



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