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i. ClSTOTDES ? 



^ T. pedunculis axillari- [ Peduncles axillary, leaf- 

 bus, aphyllis ; foliis apice less ; leaves serrate near 

 serratis. Sp. pi. i . p. 1 505. | the summit. 



Pursh, 1. p. 206. 



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Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 12-18 inches high, simple, verj 

 hairj, hairs rutous. Leaves alternate, oval, obtuse, ciendte, hairy, 

 underneath almost hoary, 1 inch long, 5—6 lines wide, nearly sessile. 



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i^..>..>tv j.M.iitu, auiiiciiiiits geijicmaie. \.;aiyx somewliat persistent. 



petals obovate, yellow, almost transparent. Filaments half as long 



as the corolla, inserted into the base of the germ. Anthers sagittate. 



germ superior, ovate, villous. Styles shorter than the stamens. 



Capsule globose, villous. Seeds reniforiij, dotted, attached to the 



jnargms of the valves. I liave never seen in this species an exterior 

 «al vx. ^ 



First noticed by the late Dr. Brickell, of Savannah, growing on the 

 fiommon around that city ; c(Mnmon on the south side of the Parachu-. 

 «Ia bavannah, near the Sisters Ferry, 



Flowers June— September. * 



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' LEPUROPETALON. E 



Calyx 5.partitus. Pe- | Cahjx 5 parted. Pe- 

 Jtt?« 5, squamaformia, ca- | tals 5, resembling scales, 

 lyci inserta. Capsula su- | inserted into the calyx. 



periie libera, l-Iocularls, I Cfi'j?^?^^ free near the 



summit, i celled, 1 valv- 



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 1. Spath 



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Pyxidanthera spathulata, Muhl. Cat. 

 Plant annual, glabrous. Stem erect and procumbent, sSmewhat 

 succulent, slightly angled, branching from tlie base, forming little 

 liennspherical tufts about half an inch in diameter. Leaves alternate, 

 •essile, spathulate-lanceolate, obtuse, entire. fYoM^fr^ solitary, ter- 

 minal. ^ Calya: persistent, large for the si/.e of tlie plant, clothing tlie 

 germ with its tube ; segments ovate, obtuse. Petals very small, like 

 •cales, ovate, white, inserted at the fissures of the calyx, persistent. 

 J'llaments scarcely as long as the petals, inserted between them. 

 fnthers erect, nearly round, 2 ceiled, vellovv. Germ slightly ang- 

 ledT free above, truncate, furrowed. Styles very short, when young 

 cohering at base. Stigmas simple. Capsule 3 valved at the summit, 

 vdves''"™^'"''"^' *"'''*' *^"*^^'^' attached to the inflected margin of the 

 tefenTvn^ Chatham county, Georgia; Silk Hope ; Vail Ombrosa^ 



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