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S30 PENTANDBIA MONOGYNUi 



VlLLARSTA. Gx^iELiN. Syst. Veg. 4*7. 



Capsula l-locularis, 2- I Capsule i celled, Sval. 

 valvis. Corolla rotata ,• ved. Corolla rotate ; seg- 

 lacinns basibarbatis, mar- j ments bearded at base, 

 gine inflexis. Stigma 2- with the margins iuflex- 

 lobum. Glaridulic 5, sta- j ed. Stigma 2 lobed. 

 minibus alteriise. | Five glands alternating 



with the stamens. 



1. COROATA. E, 



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V. foliis cordatis, inte- I Leaves cordate, very 

 gerrimis 5 jpetiolis flori- j entire ; petioles bearing 

 feris. E. I the flowers. 



Grows in shallow streams. Petioles 2 — 6 inches long, slender, gh* 

 brous. Leaves about an inch long, exactly cordate, variegated. 

 jFlfjwers in lateral clusters, bursting from the petioles near the leaf. 

 Peduncles an inch long. Calyx 6i)tte6. persistent: segments lanceo- 

 late, acute, entire. Corolla campanulate, membranous; border 5 

 cleft J segments round. Filaments inserted into the tube of the co- 

 rolla, as long as the tube. Mthers, erect, 4 celled, Mctarieso, 

 hairy, inserted into the tube of the corolla, alternating wifh the Wa- 



ments. „ , , 



Found in Savannah Hunt, a small stream a little below UranDj/ 



South-Carolina. Found near Augusta, by Dr. Wray. 

 Flowers July — September. 



2. Tr 



V. foliis peltato reni- | Leaves lenlforra 

 formibus, suhcrenatis,co- I what peltate, slightly 



petiolis florifei 



petioles 



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bearing the flower 



Menyanthes trachysperma, Mich 

 Anon, aquatic. Walt. p. 109. 



Boot perennial, ^^em properly 0. iear^s peltate, frequently or- 

 bicular, S— 4 inches in diameter, glabrous above, underneath pyPf'^' 

 covered with vesicular points. Petioles very long, dotted, sometunes 

 rou.rhened. Flowers clustered, bursting from thr> petiole near ' 

 leaf! Peduncle about 2 inches long. Calyx deeply 5 parted, ^^ 

 tent, spotted ; segments oblong, connivent after lowering, t^"^ 

 1 petalled,whire,marcescent,5 cleft, tube shorter than the ca^^.^ 



yellow, border twice as long j segments oblong, plaited in tiie raw 



