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820 rENTANDRIA DIGTNIA^ 



4. CoNjfrvENs. Baldwin. 



A. foliis oblongo-ovali^ | Leaves oblong oval, 

 bus, miicronatis, parcepU mucronate^ slightly haiiy, 

 losis, sessilibiis ; coronse sessile ; leaves of the 

 foliolis prgelougis, arcua- crown uniisaally long^in- 

 tis, conniventibus, B, | curved, connivent at the 



I summit. 



stem erect, 1 — 2 feot high, cylindrical, more firm in its appearano: 

 a^^n is usual in this genus, terete, jrlabrous, when very young pubes-* 

 cent. Leaves sessile, obtuse at base, oblong, spriukled with hair/ 

 Umbels 1 — 4, few flowered ? Flowers perhaps larger than in any 

 other of our species. Leaves of the crown twice or three times as 

 long as the corpuscle, bent like a bow, with their points meeting over 

 the summit of the corpuscle thorns shorter than tlie crown. 



Grows in clamp pine barrens near St. Mary's. B. 



Flowers June. 





5. Incarnata. 



A. caiile erecto, ramo- | Stem erects branching, 

 sOj tomentoso ; foliis Ian- j tomcntose ; leaves lance- 

 ceolatis, sub-tomentosis ; ! olate, somewhat tonien- 



umbellis pleruinque gem- | lose ; umbels generally 



ims ; corniculis exertis. j by irairs; horns exserted, 



Sp.pl.l.p.l267. Mich. l.p. 115 ? Pursh, 1, p. 181. 

 A. polystachia ? Walt. p. 107. 



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Root perennial. Stem 4 — 5 feet high, terete, the young branches 

 very pubescent. Leaves long, lanceolate, sometimes acuminate, pu- 

 bescent along the veins and margins. Umbels generally by pairs, 

 opposite ; peduncles and pedicels pubescent. Corolla bright^purple^ 

 Leaves of the crown not longer than the corpuscle. Horns exserted. 



Grows very abundantly in the vallies among the mountains. 



Flowers June — August. 



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6. TOMENTOSA. E. 



A. foliis ovali'lanceo- [ Leaves oval lanceo- 

 latis, acutis, tomentosis ; | late, acute, tomentose ; 

 umbellis sessilibus, corni- umbels sessile, with the 

 culis exertis. E. | horns exserted. 



fif/fim erect, 1 — 2 feet high, when young very tomentose. leaves 

 oblong, slightlj acuminate, very tomentose on the under surface, less 



'io on the upper. In my specimens there is but one terminal sessile 



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