PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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S. QUADRIFOLIA. 



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L. foliis qiiaternis, I Leaves by fours, ovate 

 ovato-acutis, subsessili- | acute, nearly sessile 

 bus; pedanculis axillari- I peduncles axillary, 

 bus, ujiifloris, foliis bre- flowered, shorter 



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TJoribus. 



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than 



E. 



the leaves. 



Sp.pl. 1. p. 818. Pursh, 1. p. 135. 

 L. punctata, Walt. p. 92. 

 L. liirsuta, Mich. l.p. 12r. 



8tm erect, columnar, hairy. Leaves hairy along the marcrin and 



midrib, thicklv sprinkled with glandular dots. ' Floa-ers axiliarv. 



mles scarcelj more t],an half as long as the leaves. 



MF small, lanceolate, dotted, pubescent, 

 alyx. '-' 



BttfCv 



stamens shorter than the corolla. Filaments 



Sesrmentsof the 

 Coral a laru;er than tlie 



cohering at 



varies with the leaves proportionally longer, more acuminate, thin- 

 Mr m their texture ; and with glandular dots, wliic 



"IBS and generally circuhu 

 9=fant and obi 



oug. 



are verj name- 

 in the former variety, but in thi?- more 

 and form small lacunae from which the veins 



'i^unctlv originate; the peduncles too in this are generally lon-er. 

 jrows in the middle and upper parts of Carolina and Georijia 

 J'loweisMay ^ ^ ^^ ^ » 





Jul J. 



L 



Lanc] 



glabei 



Pui 



:riina 



fo 1 ii 



quateriiis 



subpetiol 



Very smooth ; leaves 



by four 



proniisse acu- lanceolate, prominently 



i^"^s, multiflor 



pedunculis qua 



fl 



fou 



lt£.^ 



s 



Piirsl 



summis racemosis. 



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ite; peduncles by 

 many flowered ; 



^5 2. p. rui) 



pper flowers in ra- 



cemes. 



^"* ^^cct, simple. Segments of the corolla ovate, acute. 

 Collected " 



Pursh. 



*"is in*^*U j? S^'?^"^"^ ^^y t^atesby; described by Pursh from speci- 

 in tlie Herbarium of Sherard. ^ 



4. C 



• t.T A T A . 



ii^ p. tlolatis, qua. 



cordato-ovati 



S, Sll- 



Leaves petiolate, by 

 I fours, cordate ovate, up- 



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