2S6 "PENTANDRIA MONOGYNiA. 



perantibus ; foliis obtusis, ] calyx ; leaves obtusCj 

 aveniis. Smith, FI. Brit. I without veins. 

 1. p S13. 



Sp. pi. l.p. 751. Pursli, 1. p. 131. 



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Plant annual, hispid. Stem 12 — 18 inches high, branching. Leaves 

 oblong, frequently ovate. Flowers solitary^ axillary, nearly sessile, 

 forming teru inal, leafy racemes. Segments of the calyx long, linear 

 or subulate. Corolla greyish white. 



Grows on Cliarleston ^eck, in dry soils. Not cpmmcu. Imported. 



yiowers May — July, 



pNQSMODIUM. Mich. 



Corolla fa u c e n u d a j 

 subcampanulata, limbo 

 ventricoso j laciniis non- 



Corolla with the throat 

 naked, somewhat cam- 

 panulate, the border ven- 

 niventibus, acutis. An- j tricose -, segments con- 

 iher(E sessiles, inclusre. nivent, acute. Mthers 



Pa^i/o; 5 -partitas. | sessile, included. Cahj 



parted 



4. Hispid 



. O. foliis ovali-lanceo- I Leaves oval lanceolate, 

 latis, nervosis ,• corollis nervose ; segments ol 

 acuminatis. the corolla acuminate. 



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Mich. l.p. 133. Pursh, l.p. 132. 



Litliospermum Virginianum, Sp. pi. 1. p. 752. Walt. p. yi- 



Root fusiform ? perennial. 5f^gm herbaceous, 1—2 feet high, branM 

 obtusely angled, with the leaves and calyx hispid. Leaves a^w' ; 

 " , oblong lanceolate and obovate, very entire, rough, the ^^^^^^V 

 gfrom elevated points. Flowers in simple,leafy, secun'^racen ^. 



sessile, 



feeding.. v,..x ^.v .«,.»,^j^ — >— - .-™ *^ ' dV / -i giinw 



-which at first are recurved, afterwards straight. FeduncU» g^ 



Jong, hispid. Calyx persistent; segments acute, cUiate. 

 longer than the calyx, deciduous, pubescent, yellowish ; segmen j 

 acute, conn i vent. i^'t/flm^M^s very short. JUhers sagittate, ^^^^^^ 

 sessile on the tube of the corolla. Germs 4, superior. Mi/i«» ^^ 

 nearly twice as long as the corolla. Stigim simple, oj^se. ^.^^^ 

 ^, of which 1 or 2 frequently prove abortive, angled on tneiu" 

 glabrous, shining ; tegument bony. 

 ' Grows in dry, sandy soils. Comnion. 



Flowers May — ^June. 



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