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S. Palliba. Muhl. Cat. 



L caule gracili ; foliis I Stem slender; leaves 

 onge-cuneatolauceolatis, | long, wedge shaped at 

 labris, subundulatis, in- | base, lanceolate, glabrous, 



ferioribus' obtusis ; race- slightly waved, the lower 



paucifloro. E. obtuse; raceme few flow 



ered 



Stem 12 



Leaved 



small, remote, lanceolate, denticulate, very smooth, the tapering base 



of the lower leaves nearly 2 inches Ion<r. Flowers remote, on slfindpr 



uncles. Calyx very small. Corolla small, pale blue. JntherS 

 projecting beyond the tube of the corolla, pale blue. 



This species, though not noticed except by Dr. Muhlenberg, ap- 

 pears^ be widely diffused. I have specimens from Pennsylvania ; 

 [Torn Tennessee, collected by Mr. Jackson ; from the low country of 

 Carolina 5 and from St. Mary's, Georgia, collected by Dr. Baldwin: 

 inis last however differs in having its stems nearly naked, and Us 

 Wrolla white. 



Grows in damp soils. 

 Flowers through tlie summer. 



3. Claytoniana. Mich. 



L. caule erecto, pubes- I Stem erect, pubescent; 

 ^"^ijte ; foliis oblongis, ob- I leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 ^usis, serrulatis; racemo j serrulate ; raceme vir- 

 ^ Wo, confertifloro. E. | gate ; fiowei-s crowded. 



Mich. 2. p. 153. Pursh, 2. p. 447. 



rftftt?"* ^^ — ^^ inches high. Leaves sessile, finely serrulate, ("the 



°, '^^^'es entire. Pursh.) Spike crowded. Flowers small, on short ' 

 ^"uncles, pale blue. Sta7nfns rather longer than the tube «f t\\c 



roiia. Tube of the cali/x very small. 



^rows near Columbia. Mr. Herbemont. 



'Wavers July— September. 



J- Glakdulosa, 



jj • ?^^lc erecto; foliis! Stem erect; leaves linear 



neari-lanceolatis, crassi- | lanceolate, rather thick, 



cujisj denticulatis ; la- denticulate ; segments 



iniis calycis denticulatis ; of the calyx denUculate ; 

 oi'^ous racemosis. E. flowers in racemes. 



^'alt.p.2!8. Pursh, 2. p. 44r. 



' "assiuecula, Mich. 2rp. 152. 



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