PENTANDRIA BIGNOGYNIA. 



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Grows in the middle and upper country of Carolina. Near Co 

 mmbia ; Mr. Herbemont. 

 Flowers June — August. 



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5. Angularis. 



S.caiile aiiffulato, alato 



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foiiis 



Stem 



dato 



:le(J, winded 



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floiibus I plexicaiile : flowers ia 



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plexicaidibus 

 coiymbosis. 



Pursh, l.p. 137. 



Chironia angulavis, Sp. pi. l.p.! 067. Walt. p. 95. 



Stem erect, 2 feet high, glabrous, square, the angles winged ; 

 orauches opposite, brachiate. Leaves sometimes 5 nerved, ternate. 

 lube of the crt^^o? angled ; segments 5, vide, subulate. Corolla 5 

 Darted ; segments oval and obovate, many times longer than the ca- 

 jyx. Filajimits 5, short. Jnthers revolute, yellow. Sti/te louEet 

 Allan the stamens. Stigma linear, spiral. 



Grows in rich, humid soils. 



Flowers July — August. 



This plant, according to Barton, is "commonly employed both by 

 pfiysicians, and as a domestic remedy. Every part of the plant is in- 

 tensely bitter." He further adds, that in the year 1793 it was much 

 employed and with much benefit in certain* stages of the yellow 

 •ever. In this State it is a common remedy in intermittent fever. 



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The S. gracilis and some of the rest 



^e equallj^ efficacious. Incorrect!/ called (Jentaury or Centry. 



6. Calycosa. 



Mich. 



S. caiile erecto, pauci- j Stem erect, few flow, 

 fforo; foHis ovalibus^ob- | erecl; leaves oval, obtuse, 

 tusis, sessilibus ; laciniis [ sessile ; segments of the 

 calycis foliaceis, corolla [ calyx leafy, frequently 

 plerumque longioribus. | longer than the corolla. 



Pursh, 1. p. 138. 



Mich 



dichotoma, Walt. p. 95. 



Stem not always erect, about 1 foot high, slightly angled ; branches 

 '^^^y few, fx-equentlj none. Leaves closefy sitting, oval, 3 nerved, thin, 

 Membranous. Flowers terminal, frequently solitary. Calyx generally 

 K) parted ; segments lanceolate, leafy, sometimes not half as long as 

 the corolla. Corolla 7 — 10 parted, rose coloured ; segments lanceo- 

 *ate. ^inihevs revolute. 8tylQ twice as long as tlie ^imi^n^ Sti^ 



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