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1303 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



18. TIastata. Mich. 



V. glabriuscula; caule I Glahroiis ; stem sIm* 

 simplid, summitate tan- pJe, leafy only at ihe sum- 

 turn folioso; foiiis alter- | niit ; leaves alterniie, 



hastate ; stipules ^small, 

 denticulate. 



nis, hastatls ; stipulis nii- 

 nutis, denticulatis. Mich. 



2. p. 149. 



Pursh, I. p. 174. 



Perennial. Stem about a foot high, smooth. Leaves near the sum- 

 mit hastate, with the lobes obtuse, the apex arute, slightly senafe^ 

 glabrous, tHe veins on the upper surface spririkJed, wlt)i minute haiis f 



f>eti»le^ to 2 inches lon^. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 

 on^^er than the petiole, ^/aZj/x acute. F^ert/<:' yellow. 

 From specimens collected near Athens, Georgia, by Mr. Green, 

 Flowers March — ApriL 



14. Tripartita. E. 



V. pilosa ; caule sim- I Hairy ; stem simple, 



ici, summitate tantum leafy only at the summit ; 



folioso ; foliis profundc leaves deeply 3 parted, 



tiiparlitis, lobis lanceola- the lobes lanceolate, den- 



tis, dentatis ; floribus lu- | tate ; flowers yellow, 

 teis. E. 



Perennial. Stem about a foot high ; the young plant villous* 

 leaves divided to the base, sometimes ternate, very liairy ; segments 

 sometimes acuminate j stipules laoceolate, villous, entire or serru- 

 late. Peduncles long, slender, with 2 minute, alternate scales near 

 the middle. Catyx acute. Petals yellow, the upper one beautifully 

 streaked with purple. 



Froai specimens collected near Athens, Georda, by Mr. Green, 

 Flowers March— April. o ' •' 



15. AuVEN'^IS. 



V. caule angulato, sul- 1 Stem angled, furrowed ; 

 cato ; foliis ovato-lanceo- leaves ovate lanceolate, 

 ati^, serratis ; stipulis ba- | serrate; stipnits incised 

 si incisis ; calyce pubes- at base ; the calyx pu- 

 cente, coroSlis sublongi- bescent, rather longer 

 ore. Persoon, i, p. 255. | than the corolla. 



Annual ? Stem erect, 10—12 inches high, glabrous, angled. Lower 

 t€«ues spathulate, oval, neai ly orbicular j the pedicels nearly an inch 



