TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 1 03 



4. I'URPUREA. 



H. foliis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, hasi obtusis ; floribus 

 terminalibus, corymbosis. 



Sp. p . I. p. 585. Pursh, 1. p. 167. 

 H. vaiians, Mich. I. p. 86. 

 Hedvotis umbellata ? Walt. d. 85. 



Leaves ovate lanceo 

 late, obtuse at base j flow 

 ers in coiymbs. 



fiooi perennial. Stem erect, bra ■ clung, glabrous, with angles ci« 

 Kate, hairy at the joints. Leaves sessile, ovate, broad, and in gene- 

 ra! abruptly rounded at base, 3-nerved, nerves and margins pubes- 

 cent Flowers in terminal corymbs. Ca/yA' slightly pubescent j seg- 

 ments subulate, ciliate. Corolla purple. 

 Grows in the upper and middle country of Carolina and Georgia 



» similar situations with the last. 



Flowers June — August. 



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5. Serpyllifolia. Mich. 



H. procumbens, cses- | Procumbent, cespitose 

 pjtosa ; foliis spatbulatis, | leaves spathulate, obtuse 

 obtusis; pedunculis ter- I peduncles terminal, soli 

 mmalibus, solitariis, uni- taiy, single flowered 



noris. 



Mich. 1. p. 85. 



W. Michaux. 



Peduncles very 



Flowers May. 



ROTUNDTPOLIA. Mlch 



^^^Z^2' Y "' ''^"'?- I ^''^^P^^S 5 leaves ovate, 



ribuC^oSri^^^^^^^^ narrowed at base; pedunl 



^^,solitains,unifloris. cles axillary, single flow. 



I 61*6(1 



Sl-P-So Pursh I. p. ,06. 

 ^^non. procumbens, Walt. p. 86. 



^} ^vhile in flower, afterwtd^,'?*^- ^'^^'''^'^' 3-8 lines long. 



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