PENTANDRIA BIGYNIA. 



25$ 



atticulatus), 4—8 mcbes long, 3~4 lines in diameter at the base. 

 Uiuveisal mvolucrum many leaved, leaves subulate, persistent, near- 

 ij an inch long ; partial involucriim similar, but smaller. Flo 



all^sessile.^^ Corolla white. Petals acumiuye^VefleTeT" Vf;flm«?ite 



Anthers erect, attached 



as long as the corolla, red near the summit. 

 to the sides of the filaments. 



Seed 



back, and wings wider than the nucleus. 



with 3 lines on the 



These four plants. 



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form a genus between .^ ...... , ^ .^ _ „..«...ge,aer 



agree among themselves. This plant is remarkable for its terete, 

 hstulous leaves, and the attachment of its anthers j and the A. tri- 

 quinata is now left with Angelica because its small umbels form per- 

 fect globes, and because its seed, though marked like theseeds of these 

 species with 3 lines and a winged margin, has a more solid nucleus. 



Grows around pine barren ponds, in the middle country. Sal*, 

 catchef. ^ ^ 



Flowei-s August 



■September. 



** Seminibus niidis. 



5, NopirLouuM. 



** Seeds naked. 



S. cauTe prociimbente ; 



Stem procumbent 



foliis pinnatis, foliolis ova- ( leaves pinnate, leaflets 



Us ; umbellis axillaribus, 



-sessilibiis. Persoon, l. p. j sessile. 



316. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 1432. Walt. p. 115. 



Annual. 



ovate; umbels axillary, 



la'. 



Stem weak, decumbent, diffuse, about 2 feet lon», 

 brous, hollow, slightly angled. Leaves pinnate, the upper ones ire- 

 quentlj ternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, acutely dentate, oblique, gla- 

 brous. Umbels on very short footstalks, opposite the leaves. Com- 

 mon mvolucrum I, 2, 3 leaved, sometimes wanting j leaves lanceo- 

 late, unequal, reflected; partial involucrum many leaved (6^8), per- 

 sistent, l^efa^s white, slightly acuminate, expanding. Filavients 

 longer than the petals, white. Seeds very slightly margined, S rib- 

 bed, With the ribs furrowed. . o ■/ o j 



Tliis plant has probably been introduced from Europe. It erowg 

 very abundantly around Charleston, and even in the streets, in 

 Bind wet places. 



Flowers April — ^June. 



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rains 



SISON". Gen. pl. 481. 



Fructus oratuSjStriatus. 



Fruit ovate, striate. 



Jnxolucra sub 4-pbylla. InroJucnims generally ♦ 



leaved. 



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