DIANDRIA MONOGINIA. 



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2. ScABRA. 



C. foliismim 

 tis, subcordati 



culis 



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calycis dentib 



siibulati 



la ter.i.inali sill) 1)1 



lo. ; caule piloso, scabi 



Pursli, (. p. 20. 



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Sp. pi. 1. p, 152, 

 C- prrecox, ^Valt p* 65. 

 C purpurea, Oemler. 

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Leaves small, ovate, 

 slightly cordate and hairy; 

 teeth of the calyx short, 

 panicu- | subulate ; "panicle termi- 

 nal , si ni pie j stem h ally, 

 rough. 



perennial, Stem herbaceous, 3 



square 



fid, glabrous near the root, above pubescent, with -landular capitate 

 hair. Leavps opposite, very obtuse, sometimes a little cordate, sli-i.t- 

 ijr acuminate, rugose j sli-htly scabrous on tlie upper surfice : srho^th 

 and dotted on the under ; 2— 2i inches Ion-, 1—2 broad : petiole^ 

 nearly an inch long. Flowers in simple, terminal, naked racemes. 

 Calyx pubescent, persistent, the border 4 deft, half as Ion- as the 

 tube; segments lanceohxte, the 2 upper ones broadest. Corulla, ti.e 

 tube cylindrical, pubescent, yellowish; tiie upper lip S? cleft, se - 



-ments obtuse, equal, yellowish, spotted with pirple; the Jouor ifp 

 longer, dilated, fimbnatc, purple. FUanu^nts 2, much longer than t'/e 

 corolla, fnthers incumbent, 2 lobed, purple. Germf^ 4 ? fixed in > 

 torus, and furnished with an ovate sland on one side. Sfule. filif«n.. 

 as long as the stamens, 2 cleft, Stignui simple, acute, somctj -. ■ 

 unequal. .Seed<; oval, glabrous, an|rlcd on one side. 



Orow3 near Savannah. Found by Mr. Ocmler, and ciltivated iw 

 him as a new species. Resembles too nearly t",c C. scabriuHc 



tiie Hort. kcw. to be separated from it. - • - 



Flowers September— November. 



St. John's, D..Macbridt?. 

 Raugh-ieaved Couhisouia. 



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2. 0\ 



Pursh 



bu 



C. foliis oblona: 



Leav 



s, utnnque suhacutis, acute at each 



obi an 



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a! 



abri 



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nils 



bre' 



petiolis lon;^ssl- j brous; petiole 



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calvcis de 



terminali , 

 tliuscula J 

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pani 

 plic 



teeth of the calyx vt 





nu. 



short ; pa 



caule glabro. bi 



J 



cle tcniiinal, 

 d : steiii ala- 



wen 



Found in Carolina by Mr. Fraser. 



Flo Wirt August. 



