S4« 



l*EjjrANDKIA MOlfoGTNiA, 



colour of ttie pubescence, which is white in the pllosa, jrivlng the plant 



a hoary aspect. This appears to be the plant described both by Wal' 

 ter and Michaux as the P. pilosa. 



Grows near the Santee Canal, where it was collected by Mr. Fra^er, 

 and carried to Europe, 



Flowers April ? — May* 



14. DiVAHTCATA ? 



P. foliis ovali-lanceo- j Leaved oval lanceo- 

 latis, feuperioiibus alter- | late, the ujiper alter. 



lilS 



J 



ramulis divaricatis, 



nate 



branches divaji 



laxis, paucifloris ; corol- j cate, loose, few flowered; 

 lae laciniis subobcordatis ; j se2;nients of the corolla 

 detitibus calycis subulatis. j slightly ohcordate ; teeth 



Pursh, i.p. 1 50. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 841. 

 , Stem 1 



— C?' I 



sessile, ovate, membranous. 



of the calyx subulate. 



'ly erect, vei^ smooth, leaves remote, 

 Floners in each corjmb few, scattereti 

 So as to appear solitary, particularly when the capsules are mature. 

 Se2:ments of the calyx long, subulate ; of the corolla obovate.' 



Found in the swamps of Savannah River^ about 40 miles above thft 

 citv of Savannah, 

 Flowers April. 



i5. Reptans. Mich. 

 P. pubescens, stoloni- 



bus ' rcpentibus 



> 



folii 



s 



ing 



Pubescent, with creep- 



: leaves 



suckers 



spathulato-obovatis ; co- spathulatc obovate ; co- 

 rymbo paucifloro ; denti- [ rymb few flowered; the 

 bus c^ycinis subulatis, j teeth of the calyx subu- 



reflexis. 



Mich. ] 



late, reflexed. 



St-m 



P. stolonifera, Bot. Mag. 563. Pursh, 1. p. 153. 



Root pcT^ennial. Stem erect, 12—18 inches high, pubescent. ^ 

 Zeffves oval lanceolate. ' Leaves on the creeping suckers '''^^^''.'''j^^ 

 bescent. Corymbs few flowered. Segments of the caly^ ^^^^ 



Segments of the corolla obovate, nearly rounded. _ 

 -^ - ' -■ --■■ fror mv specimeni 



pubescent. 



Grows in the mountains of Candina. 



Mich. 



of this plant I am indebted to Mr. Oemler, who collected them a 



Maryland 



FJowcra 



