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PENTANDRIA &IGYNJfA^ gg^ 



16. CiNEREA. Walt. 



A. foliis longis, lineari- ] Leaves long, linear^ 

 bus, oppositis ; umbellis opposite ; iimb»?ls few^ 

 paucis, terminaliljus, uii- I terminal, naked j liorns 

 clis ; corniculis brevibus. I short. 

 E. I 



Walt. p. 105. 



Stem erect, slender, 2—3 feet liigh. Leav&a linear, 3—4 indies 

 long, glabrous, opposite; the upper part of the stem naked, or with 

 vcrv minute leaves. Umbels 2- -3, near the summit. Flowers few in 

 each umbel, large for the delicate structure of tlie plant j the general 

 colour of the flower i% cinereous, but it derives singular beauty from 

 tlie fine tints and shading, with which nature has enriched its sombre 

 hue. Le.ives of the crown truncate, shorter tiian the corpuscle, with 

 the horns slightly projecting. 



Grows in damp pine barrens, in the middle country. Screven coun- 



ty, Georgia. 



Flowers June — July. 



** Foliis alternis, [ ** Leaves alternate. 



17, Angustifolfa. E. 



A. foliis sparsis, lance- I Leaves scattered, strap 

 olato lineal ibiis,parcepu- | shaped, slightly pubes> 



bescentibus 



umbel 



litaria, terminali ; corni- minal ; horns included 

 culis inclusis. E. 



A. tuberosa ? Walt. p. 1 05. .-'V , /^' > '^ ^ < '-' i '' y^^ 



Perennial. Stem 8—18 inches high, terete, pubescent. LeavK 

 exactly strap shaped, 3-4 inches long, 2—3 lines wide, acute at each 

 end. Mowers m a small, terminal umbel. Corolla greenish or ciner 

 eaus. Leaves of the crown nearly orange coloured, longer than the 

 corpuscle ; horns included. 



Grows in m etpine barrens, two miles from Purvsburgh, on the roacJ 

 to Coosawhatchie. ' ° '^ 



Flowers May — June. 



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18. Tuberosa. 



A. hirsuta ; foliis ob- | Hirsute ; leaves ob- 

 longo-Ianceolatis, alter- long lanceolate, alter- 



nis, subconfcrtis ; caule [ nate, somewhat crowd- 



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