4« 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



JBoof annual. jS/^mjointed, when niatu re scarcely viscid. Leaved 



oppositc.ovate, sometimes cordate, undulate, the upper surface of the 

 veins and margin^ purple, beneath a little glaucous ; peduncles very 

 short, smooth. Calyx a minute glandular ring, i^urrounding tl e base 

 of the corolla, scarcely visible. Corolla seated on the summit of the 

 germ, white, tinged with purple. Fi7aments generally % sometimes 

 S or more, lono;er t'lan the corolla, attached to its base. Anthers bilo- 



culan 



Germ mferior, clavate. Style as long as the corolla. 



ma 



capitate. Capsule? inversely conic, 5 furrowed. Seed one, oblong, 

 bipartiblo, covered with a furrowed integument, which adheres to the 

 eapbule at each extremity. 



Grows in dry and sandy soils. Around Beaufort, commoa. Pei*- 



•lowers June 



September. 



FEDIA." G^RT. 



Calvx 



tat 



CfSUa 



5 den 



partita 



rrs:filaris et irrtgulads. 

 Aiix ? 2—3 luculaiis. 



F caule dichotomo ; 

 foliis 



Cali\x superior, a 



5 



toothed 

 ed, regular 

 Fruil a nut 



olla 



pai 



celled 



Stem 



dichotomous 



of)longis, ohtusis ; | leaves oblong, obtuse : 

 capituiisi ivolucratis. Sp. | flowers in heads with an 



. 1. p. 184. 



Mich. 1. p. 18. Pursh. t. p 28. 

 Valeriana locusta, Walt. p. 66. 



fiooi annual. 



base 



*,P5,rI. X ^ * w K*^^'> ^'■''''* ^""^ ascendino:, Golumnar, pubescent, 

 fcearly 1 foot high. Wes opposite, sessile, entire, oblong, a Ittle 



SV'iln'l f"'T\ ^ntermfnal heads. (Vruit ^ubesce^t, some- 

 what 4 an<i;led, naked at the suinniit, Mich.) 



Ashirrlv^"r ^^p^t*^P''^«^~0«A ^acbride. At Mr. Middleton's at 

 £r Balduin* ^*""'"°" ^* ^^^^ C^^'^ta towns, on the Chatahouchie/- 



FJowefs Februarj— -March. 



TRIPTERELLA. Mich. 



Corolla sexpartita 



eimis alter 



niiiioiibus 



3 



• Corolla six parted, the 



alternate segments smal^ 



