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DIOECIA PENTANDRIA 



foliolis ovalibus, acumi- 1 leaflets 



oval, 



acumi 



iiatis serratis, peliola- nate, senate, on peti 



tis. 



oles. 



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Sp. pi. 4. p. 1124. ^Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 256. Pursh, 1. p. 191. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about a foot high, generally bearing 3 

 leaves at the summit, each leaf bearing 5 leaflets on short petioles; leaflets 

 oblong oval or obovate, acuminate, coarsely serrate, membranaceous, gla- 

 ibrous."^ Flowers in a central umbel proceeding from the summit of the stem. 

 Common peduncle about as long as the common petiole. Involucrum many 

 leaved, leaves ovate with a subulate summit. Sti/les sometimes 3, the berry 



then 3-seeded. 



Grows in rich soils in the mountains. 



Flowers May. Pursh. 



2. Trifolium. 



P.radice subrotundo- 

 tubeiosa; foliis ternis. 

 tern at is quinatisve, fo- 

 liolis oblongo-lanceola- 

 tiSf serratis, subsessili- 

 bus. 



Root tuberous, near- 

 round; leaves by 

 threes, ternate or qui- 



ob long- 

 serrate, 



nate, leaflets 

 lanceolate, 

 nearly sessile. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 1124. Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 257- Pursh, 1. p- 191- 

 Nutt. 1. p. 176. 



A plant much smaller than the preceding. Leaves 3, each bearing 

 leaflets, leaflets small, lanceolate, acutely serrate, riearly sessile. Peduncle 

 of the fertile umbel about as long as the leaf; of the sterile longer. Sterile 

 florets very numerous; fertile florets few. Styles very frequently 3. 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers in May. 



IRESINE. Gen. Pl, 4. p. 764. 



■»fr 



3Iascii(i. Calyx 2 



Sterile Jloy^ets 



phyllus. Corolla 5- lyx 2-leaved. 



petaia. 

 sive 7. 



Nectdria 5 5-petalled 



Corolla 



Nectaries 



Foeminei. 



C a lyx 



5 or 7. 



2-p]iyUus. Corolla 5- | lyx 2-leaved. 



Fertile florets. Ca' 

 - ■ * Corolla 



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