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DIOECIA DIANDRIA 



the fertile florets oblongj villous along the margin. Germs pedicellate, vil- 

 lous. Style short 



Stigma 4-cleft. 



Willdenow. 



Grows in shady dry woods from New- York to Virginia. If the quotation 

 from Walter is correct, extending along' the Mountains to Carolina. 

 Flowers 



2. Tristis. Aiton. 



foliis lineari-lan 



ceolatis, utrinque 

 tis. 



acu- 



integernmis, mar 

 le revolutis^ supr; 

 glabriuscLilis subtus ru 

 io-venosis, tomeiito 



goso-vei 

 sis; slip 



i: 



nullis, 



meatis praecocib 



a 

 b 



longis. 



i 



Leaves 



} 



late, acute at each 



entire with the 

 margins revohite, glab- 



rous on the upper 



face 



9 



8 



ly 



ve 



ined 



nd tomentose under 



th; stipules 



a 



ments appearing befoi 

 the leaves. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 693. Pursh, 2. p. 600. Nutt. 2. p. 231. 



Eeserables the preceding species, but differs in the form of the leaf and by 

 the absence of stipules. Wiild. 



Grows in dry sandy woods; .New-Jersey to Carolina. 

 » Flowers March — April. 



Pursh. 



3. ROSMARINIFOLIA. 



S. foliis lineari-Ian- 

 ceolatis, subintegerri- 



/ * supra pu- 

 bescentibus, subtus se- 



erminibus Ian- 



Lin. 



Leaves linear-lance- 



olate 



mis, planis, 



nearly entire. 



riceis; 

 ceolatis 



elongatis. 



flat, pubescent on the 

 upper surface, silky un- 

 derneath; germs Ian 



9 



villosis; stylis | ceolate, villous 



long. 



? 



stvles 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 697. Pursh, 2. p. Cl2. Nutt. 231. 



A shrub 1—3 feet high, the branches covered with a silken pubescence. 



Iteaves 



an'i 



^^„ ^^^^.^ .^,i ,„^u iKjir^^ liuciii-ianceoiaie, on tne upper siiriace nuaij «»■• 



covered with appressed huirs, becoming glabrous when old; on the under 

 doathed with a silken pubescence, furnished with a few, very small, glanda- 



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