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TETRANDRlA MONOGYNIA. i§l 



8. HinsuTA. Pursli. 



D. undiqiie hirsutissi- [ Every part hirsute ; 

 ma; caule procumbente; ] stem procumbent ; leaves 

 follis lanceolatis ; stipulis | lanceolate ; stipules near- 

 8ubsetaceis, E. | ly setaceous. 



Pursh, 1. p. 106. 



D. hispida^ JMuhl. Cat. 



Vcrj similar to the preceding species, perhaps only a variety. It 

 differs however in a stem g nerally more slender, leaves narrower, 

 exactly lanceolate, segments of the stipules more setaceous, and the 

 whole plant remarkably hispid. 



Grows in a damp soil two miles from Beaufort on the road to the 



ferry. Near Savannah. Pursh. 



Flowers September — October and perhaps earlier. 



HOUSTONIA. 



Calyx 4-dentatus. Co- I Calt/x 4 toothed. Co 



rolla i-petala, infundibu- rolla i petalled, funnel 



lifonnis. Capsula g-lo- shaped. Capsule 2 cell 



cularis, semi-superus. ed, e;irt around the centre 



Patens. E 



by the caly 



ILparvula, caule dich- I Plant very small ; stem 

 otomo, patente ; flori- expanding, dichotomous 



Jus solitarils, terniinali- I flowers solitary, termi 



s. 



K. naL 



Mich 



n. ccerulea var. minor, Pursh, 1. p. 106. 

 ^ a beautZw T l ."^"^^ ?'^"^H' expanding equall j, and form- 



», nomiing before the flower expands. Calyx rather inferior 

 J^ents Unear, erect, persistent. Corolla longef Van the ealV^' 

 PJ^le sometimes white, border expanding, 4%lefl V/len^s 4! 



.^ftheSra: dZ^^jTt'l' ^/i/'^ ™"^'^ shorter than the t'ube 

 ^^-owed,"pe"ir^*Srver^^^^^ ''''''' ^"^^«^^ compressed, 



pUcSr' ^'""^"^^y ^^ '^' ^"^«t soils, bttt sometimes fonnd i« damp 

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