ao& 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



mis 



floribus g-andris. I mous 



Persoon, i. p. 142. 



5 



droiis. 



flowers pentan 



Ampelopsis cordata, Mich. 1. p. 159. 



.Stem climbing* Leaves cordate, unequally dentate, hairj along the 

 nerves; the base frequently straight, as if truncate. Panicles oppo- 

 site the leaves, dichotomous, the branches expanding. JVectary per- 

 sistent. 



Grows in swamps near Granby, South^Carolina. 

 Flowers 



\ 



CLAYTONIA. Gen. pl. 402. 



Calyx S-valvis. 



roUa 5-petaIa. 



Co- 

 Stigma 



Calyx 2 valved. 



Co- 



n 



rolla 5 petalled. Stigma 



-iidum. Capsula 3-val- 3 cleft. Capsule 3 valv 



1-locularis, 3-sper- ed, l celledj 3 seeded. 



VIS, 



ma. 



1. ViRGINICA. 



C. foiiis lineari-lanceo 



latis 



racemis solitariis 

 foiiis acutiusculi? 



J 



L 



late 



5 



linear lanceo 



solitary 



acemes 



of the calvx some 



petalis obov 

 radice tuben 



l.p. 175. 



Piirsh 



what 



5 



petals obo 



vate, retiiscj root tube- 



rous. 



Sp. pl. 1, p. 1185. Mich. 1. p. ICO. 



Hoot tuberous, perennial. Stem herbaceous, ereoi, 6—10 inches 

 high, terete, glabrous, simple. Leaves two, opposite, generally linear, 



4 inches long, 1 — 2 lines wide, 

 pie raceme j peduncles i — 2 inches long, 



entire, glabrous, connate, at base, 2 

 Flowers (4 



glabrou 



18) in a 



.S;?afAe a short, ovate, obtuse leaf at the base of the raceme. 

 Calyx 2 leaved; leaves lanceolate, acute, entire, persistent. Petals 

 oval, obtuse, striate, rose coloured, twice or three times as long as 

 the calyx. Filaments half as long as the petals, dilated at base, In- 

 serted with the petals at the base of the germ. Anthers erect, ob- 



long, rose coloured, 2 celled, 

 than " ' - - - 



Germ superior, ovate. ^ 

 stamens, 3 cleft at the summit. Stifrmas linear, obtuse, 



Style longer 



glandular, slightly refiexed. Capsule nearly globose. Seeds some- 

 what lenticular, black, l or 2 .? in each valve, attached to a central 



teceptacle. 



Grows in shaded, rich soils. 



Flowers Anarch 



Mr 



At the 



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