PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Slg 



ralibiisqiie ; tubo corolla I eral ; tube of the corolla 

 calycem superante. j longer than the calyx. ^ 



Brown, Ti ans. Wern. Soc. 



l.p. 67. 



Sp. pL 1. p. 1259. Mich. 1- p. 131. Pursb, 1. p. 179. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, erect, 2--3 feet high. Leavis 

 opposite, ovate, or oval lanceolate, mucronate, somewhat glaucous 

 Tjnderneath. Corolla monopetalous, 5 cleft, white tinged with red. 

 ^ectary^ 5 oval glands surrounding the germ, purple, viscid. Anthers 

 scarcely half as long as the corolla 



Grows along the margins of i 

 Carolina. Pursh- 



Flowers June— July. 



anac 



2. .Cannabtnum. 



A. foliis lanceolatis, u- I Leaves lanceolate, a- 

 trinque acutis, glabris ,• j cute at each end, gla- 

 cymis paniculatis ; calyce j brous ; cymes panicu- 

 tubuin corolise asquante. j late ; calyx as long as 

 Brown, Trans. Wern. Soc./| the tube of the corolla, 

 1. p. 68, 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 1259 ? Walt. p. lOr. 



Stem herbaceous, 2 — 3 feet high. Cymes lateral, longer than the 

 leaf. Flowers greenish white. 



Grows in Carolina. Of its habitat however I am uncertain, as 

 this, and the succeeding species h,ave hitherto been confounded* The 

 Sjnonjmes in WiUdenow evidently refer to both species. 



Flowers 



3. PcBEscENS. Brown. 



A foliis ovato-o))lon- I Leaves ovate oblong, 

 gis, nmcronatis, basi ob- mucronate, obtuse at 

 tusis, utrinque cymaque j base, on both sides and 

 breviore pubesc^ntihus -, j with the shorter cyme, 



pubescent ,• calyx nearly 

 as long as the coroDa. 



corollai^i' subje- 

 quante. Brown, Trans. 

 Wern. Soc. l. p. 68. 



Flor. Virg. (Ed. prior), p. 68. 



A. cannabinum, Mich. J. p. 131. jPursl 



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