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MOXANDRIA MONOGYNiA* 



Roof perenr)Ial, creepinn;. Stnn herbacecous, ferete, 2 — 3 ^e^i hl^fr, 

 verj sino;)tii. L^aiva alterDat,", iarjir, lanceoiate, very acute, rnem- 

 b-anaceous, entire. sinoiith,ter7innatif^ at the base ii) asheatii general- 

 \y longer than tie joints of tiie stem ; njfe! loave* only a sheath. Flow 

 C'-.v few in a terminal spike. Bractea-Hn obtuse, ovate scale, surround- 

 ing- the oase of the ^^erm. Caltf.v taree-ioaved, superior; leaves lan- 

 ceolate,ucute,a.press€d tu the tubeof the corolla. Coro/k one-petalled, 

 jellow; tube cyUndricul, thrice a;* [ong a. the calyx; marj^iu sixpart- 

 ed; t'jc t ree exterior sey;uients lanceolate, acute, equal, reftexcd; two 

 vmer ones obovate, retlexed, und.dat^', (laccid : the interior petal, v ry 

 .uve. nearly rouiid, ma'-iu refiexed, ujidulaii*, iiacid jyectary, re- 

 s .blin^ a petal, 2 parted; outer se;inK'ht reseaibliii^ the inner seg- 

 ments of the corolla; inner se-ineni re«eud)!ini^ tii^iuterior segment 

 ot the c»>ro!la but narrower, e: ect, undulate. Hlament o. Anilwr ob- 



w' 1 1'"'^ ''"'■"''"^'- '-^'"'^ »^^^^^^' scabr.us, 3.celledT3.valved, 

 beecl globose, raanv m eaeh cell. 



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Flowers Maj— July. 



'Jiowered 



THALIA. 



Gen. PL. to. 



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filuijiento propriij (U-p 



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vvtlulis. Hoscui 

 Lio. Hoc. 8. p. 



Pursli, 2. p. 584. 

 Rnoi perennial. 



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Aidh 



T sitiiple, ovpfe 

 inst^Tted into its own dc 



preHsetl til 



Stijl 



short, hilt from the an- 



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Vapsukt- cciliid 



Bi-actea two.flowcrerl 



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leaves 



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