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TBTRANDRTA MONOGYNIA, 



taiicatis ; floribus alter- 



nis 



fructu nutante. 



cate ; 



fruit nodding. 



flowers alternate; 



Root perennial. 



Stem erect, sparingly branche^l, very slightlj 

 scabrous. Leaves by fours, ovate, obtuse, 3 nerved, ciliate ; brancbei 

 expanding' Floivers generally solitary. Peduncles very short. 

 Fruit when nearly mature nodding, hispid, -with hooked hairs. 



Grows in shaded and moderately rich soils, five miles from Savan- 

 nah, on the Augusta road ; also on Charleston neck, .' 



Flower* June — August- 



RUBIA. 



Corolla campanulata. 



Corolla campanulate. 



JBaccce 2, monospermy. I Berries 2, single seeded. 



Brownei, 



Mich , 



R. hispida ; foliis qua- I Hispid; leaves by four= 



» 



ternis, ovalibus; pediin- 

 culis solitaj'iis, unLiioris ; 

 caule decumbente. 



peduncles solitary, 



oval ; 



single flowered j stem dc 



cumbent. 



Mich. 1. p. 81. Pursh, 1. p. 102. 

 K. peregrina, Walt. p. 86. 



/''lowers yellow. Berries purple, smooth, Pursh. 



This is still to me, as to Pursh, an obscure plant. The hojjnffti 

 t»ho have attempted to point it ouHo me, have all shewn me dineren 

 species of Galium. """ *' ~ 



Gro 



s of Galium, generally the G. trifidum, or pilosuin 

 \v& in shady woods, Carolina to Florida* Pursh. 



MITCHELLA. 



Corollce lpetal8e,supe- 

 rsB, bin SB eidem germini. 

 Stigma 4-fidum. Bacca 

 didyma, 4 spernia. 



Coi'ollns 1 petallrd. ^ni- 

 perior, in pairs upon the 



same 

 cleft. 



seeded. 



germ. 



Berry twin, 



4 



1, Re PENS. 



Sp. pi. l.p.617. Walt.p.85.' Mich. I. p. 86. Pursh,l.P'\' 



A small tender prostrate evergreen 



Haves of treeS; in rich moist soils 



the dri^" 

 rgreen. Hem crcepin- ^^^^-'\ia^i, 



ils, talking root at the J oints,l»raiic 



