TETRANDRIA BIPNOGYNIA^ ^05 



wards the summit. Flowers In a brachiatc panicle. €aly:it 4 leaved, the 

 two outer decurre nt. Corolla 4 cleft ; segments acute, not longei 

 than the calyx. Style very short. Stigma obtuse. ^ 



In the preceding species the calyx appears deeply 4 parted, in this 

 distinctly 4 leaved. 



Grows in ditches and damp ground. To me not so common as th#^ 

 fcrracr species. ' , 



FloMcrs July — August, 



FRASERA. 



Calyx 4.partitus. Co- I Calyx 4 parted. Co^ 

 rolla 4-partita, nectaii- j rolla 4 parted, bearing a 

 fera. Capsida l-locula- nectary. Capsule i cell- 

 ris, s-valvis. Semina ed, 2 valved. Seed com. 

 compressa, marginata. | pressed, margined. 



i. Walter!. Mich. 



Mich . 1 . p. 97. 



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Root large, perennial. Stem herbaceous, erect, 6-8 feet high, nearly 

 iquare, furrowed, branching Leaves j;labrous, generally ve" t ciUate 

 wmetimes opposite j the lower leaves oblon- lanceolate enttr^ 

 laembranous, felicately veined, 6-8 inches long, 2-3 lid^un^^^^^^ 



rr ^fnZ. /'""f;^' ^",^"-o ^•'<>-^- verticmrte, pX' 

 "ents of the corolla, dnthers ob!onVrncumbent Lr^ \^^ '^^' 



^-nd^ in F.i.Ee,d dUtrict, b, M^.X'^Kr It g.„„, .J«, ;„ 



«"ed bfn,:„; ri; tte same n.\ '""*' '"^'^ ""^ "» 



«"««, 4io, their const^li, »Y»'Jys'S made by Dr. Drake of ( 

 y>- "f&t F a\e ' "Th «.? P.t'^. ""^ essentialfy different. The 



iderable emetic and carthai 



'^"•"cine it is wrhino «„, i* ,■ ^aruiaiuc powers. As a 



cinnati, p. 86^^ ^ ^ **" ^"^ ^^ '^"'^ "^^^^ t*>»i«-'' »rake'e 



