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336 aPENTANDRiA DIGJNlA* 



' i. QUADRIYALYIS. Walt. 



H. spinosa, hirsuta ; i Spiny, hairy ^ leaves 

 foliis ciineato-laiiceolatis, [ wedge shaped at base, 

 longis J floribiis subses^ lanceolate Jong ; flowers 

 silibus, axillaribiis. Pers. | nearly sessile, axillaiy. 

 ex Mich. 



Walt. p. 1 10. Pursh, 1. p. isrl 



H. Caroliniana, Mich, l.p, 177. - ' 



Root creepiiiij, perennial. Stem 1— *2 feet higli^ deciUKbent and air 

 ^surgent, sometimes branched, hairy, sli,^htly furrowed and geniculate. 

 Leaves alternate, acute, entire, hairy along the veins, shining:, taper- 

 ing at base. Mowei^ 2—6, in axillary clusters, with a spiCe at each 

 axil. Peduncles l-^ 2 lines loi)^, hairy. Caly.v 1 lean d, 5 parted, 

 fcairy; segments subuhnte, equal. Corolla 1 pctalled, nearly cam- 

 panulate, pubescent, azure, border 5 parted; segments acute. Fila- 

 ments iiiserted mto the tube of l!ie corolla, dilated at base, not strict- 

 ly cordate, shorter tlran the corolla, azure. Anthers incunsbent, 2 

 celled. Germ superior, ovate, {i:lab!ous. &tyhs an long as the sta-. 

 mens, azure. Stigmas obtuse, glandnlar. Capsule globose^, glabrous, 

 somewhat mucronate, G celledr4 valved ? Seeds numerous, small. 

 oval, attached to a lar^c central receptactf. - 



Grows in wet, bogiiy ground, aroiiud pouds. 



Flowers Julj — Scpteiuijer. 



2. Cop.YMBosA. Macbride. 



H. inermis, siibg 



foliis lanceoLitis .• < 



Williout spines, nearly 



glabrous ; leaves lanceoT 



bus hispidis ; floribus ter- I late ; calyx hispid 



minalibus. E 



minal 



WW 



Creeping, perennial. Stem 2 feet high, assurgent or erect, Smooth 

 near the base, among the branches a little hairy. Leaves alternate^ 

 sessile, somewhat ovate lanceolate, t!ie veins and margins finely pu- 

 bescent, the old leaves glabrous, smaller than in the preceding spe- 

 cies. Powers on the summit of each small branch, solitary, forming 

 small terminal corymbs Cabjx deeply 5 parted (perhaps 5 leaved) ; 

 segments lanceolate, acute, hairy, almost hispid. Corolla 3 times as 

 long as the calyx, nearly campanulate; segments of tlie border ovate, 

 azure, with yellowish veins, and 5 white spots near the base. Fila- 

 ments nearly as long as the corolla, suddenly dilated at base. Styles 

 longer than the stamens. Stigmas small, capitate. Cap^^ide globose, 

 glabrous, .2 valved. 



The corolla in this species is much larger than in the preceding? 

 and the plant, from its mode of flowering and the bright colours of 

 its corolla, very ornamental- 



Found by Dr. Macbride ia the pine barren ponds in St Stephens. 



Flowers through the iummer. 



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