206 TETRANDRU MONOGYNIA 



SANGUISORBA. 



. Calyx 2-phyJlus, infe- ( ^ Calyx 2 leaved, infe- 

 rus. Corolla supera. I rior. Corolla superior. 

 Germen inter calycem The germ between the 

 corollamque. | calyx and corolla. 



i. Canaoensis. 



S.^ spicis cjlindricis, [ Spikes cylindiic, ver)- 

 longissimis ; staminibus long '; stamens many 

 corolla multoties longio- j times longer than the 

 ribus. Wilid. Enuni. pi. | corolla. 



Sp.pl. ]. p. 654. Mich, 1. p. 100. Pursli, l.p. 116, 



perennial. Stem 5 — 5 ftet high, glabrous, columnar, branch' 

 in^. Leaves alternate, pinnate, terminating with an odd one; the 

 upper leaflets opposite, the lower approximate ; leaflets cordate, ovate, 

 elongate, obtuse, very acutely serrate, strongly veined, and glaucous 

 underneath, glabrous. Small stipulaceous leaves are scattered along 

 the petiole, F^oz^rers in a long (12 — 18 inches) crowded spike. ('«- 

 lyjc 2 leaved, caducous ? Corolla on the summit o the germen, rotate, 

 4 parted, white, becoming greenish, persistent ; segments ovate, ob- 

 tuse, ending in a callous point. Filaments much longer than the corol- 

 la, clavate, flattened above. Jnthers small, pale yellow, seated on the 

 end of the filaments. Style shorter than the filamejits. Stigma capi^> 

 very obscurely, if at all divided. Germ 4 angled, single seeded. Sfti 

 ovate. Capsule 4 angled, adhering to the seed, and not opening in > 

 regular mannet. 



Dr. Macbride collected specimens of this plant in our mountainSj ia 

 flat moist places. It was formerly seen in the Cherokee territorvbv 

 William Bartram. 

 Flowers from August to October. 



Iloot 



2, 'Media. 



S. spicis cylindricis ; j Spikes cylindrical j sta- 



sfaminibus corolla longi- mens longer than the 

 oribus. Willd. Enum. pt j corolla. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 654, Pursh, l.p. 116, 



^ The spikes are shorter than those of the preceding specie»> »» 



tinged with red. Pursh. v ?• 



rows in meadows on the mountains, from Canada to C»rohD«. 



Flowers July— August. 



