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PENTANDRIA DIGYNlA. 



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u.ost seed, and consequently will be most valuable if ever it should 

 become an object to apply its silky down to purposes pf domestic 

 utility. 



Grows in rich, dry soils- 

 Flowers April — June. 



S. PlIYTOLACCOlDES, 



A. caule erecto, sim- 



Lyon. 



plici ; foliis lato-lanceola- leaves broad 



Stem erect, simple ;~ 



"•la 



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subacurainatis, ^ 



lateral! 



unibellis 



slightly 



acuminate, 



lanceolate, 



gla- 



brous ; umbels lateral, so 



litary, on 



long 



pedun- 



cles, nodding. 



bus, solitariis, longe pcd- 

 iinculatis, nutantibus. 



Pursli, 1. p. 180. 



A. exaltata ? Muhl. Cat. 



Stem 3-5 feet high. Leaves large, oblong, on short frotsfalks, 

 sometimes acute, more frequently with a slight acumination, pale on 

 the under surface. Umbels solitary at each of the upper joints. 

 Flowers large (sweet scented, Pursh) ; petals dark purple. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Extends to New-England. 

 I have a specimen from Pendleton county, which appears to belong 

 to tliis species, but the leaves are pubescent, almost tomentose on the 

 tiiider surface. 



Flowers July — August. 



3. QCADRIFOLTA. Mulll. Cat. 



A. foliis quaternis, ova- 



Leaves by foul's, ovate 



to-lanceolatis, paulo acu- j lanceolate, 



slightly 



acu- 



minatis, membranaceis, minate, membranaceous, 



glabris 



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umbellis termi- 



ghibrous ; 



umbels termi- 



nalibusaxillaribusque. E. j naland axillary. 



• Pursh, 1. p. 188. 



Perennial. Stem erect, 2 — 3 feet high, slender, pubescent towards 



the summit, the pubescence in lines, jteafps commonly by fours, the 



upper ones opposite, somewhat glaucous underneath, sprinkled with 



hairs along t!)e veins and margins, very thin and delicate in their 



texture. Flowers small. 



corpuscle. 



From specimens collected by Dr. Macbride,jn the mountain vallics 



of Carolina. 



Flowers June— August. 



Leaves of the crown much longer than t!ie 



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