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eacT) division ; tlie interior or upper flowers first open. Leaves of the 



Filattunits s'lorter tlian tl^e coro-la, inserted at the ba 



o 



f the 



invohfcrum 2, rest-iuljling t!ie other leaves ; pedicels 1 inch Ion"*, 

 Calyx per^isteiit. Petal> ovate, twice a? long as the calyx, purple or 

 rose coloured, oxpandiui; in the mornioi::^ and before noon \vitherin<r. 



beautifuily feathered with jointed down of the same colour as the pe- 

 tals. •Anthers incumbent, crescent shaped, yellow. Germ superior, 

 8 angled. Style as lon^ as the stamen^i. Stigma small, capitate. 

 Capsule somewhat 3 angled, 3 ceiled, 3 valved. Seeds 2 ? in eack 

 cell, compres.seil, angled. 



Grous spariii^ly in the low country, glabrous; sent to me fror» 



Penflleton, by Messr/. Perry and Brown, hairy, and with ciliatc leaves 

 and invf)lucriim. 



Flowers April- — June. 





2. Ro^EA, 



Mich 



t^n 



T. erecta, simplex ; 

 ftliis lineari-lanceolatis ; 

 capitulis peduncLilatis. E. 



Erect, simple ; leases 



linear lanceolate 

 on peduncles. 



s 



head 



Mich. 1. p. 193. Pursh, 1. p. 218. 

 T. Virginica, Walt. p. 119. 



1 



Perennial, cespitose. 5^f^m 8— 12 inches high, succulent, simple. 

 Leaves at their ba<e sheathin;; the stem, channelled, glabrous, dolled, 

 lairy at the throat, when young ciliate. Flowers in a terminal cam- 



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capi 



tulum on a peduncle 3 — 4 inches long, which perhaps h correctly only 

 t!te last joint of the stem ; pedicols scarcely an inch long. Ca'y.j^ 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate, spotted. Petals 3 times as loTi^- as the 

 calyx, of a bright rose colour. Seed giio, m each cell, round on one 

 side, an;;led on the other. 



This* is a much smaller species than the preceding, and if it does 

 not creep would form a beautiful border plant for the beds in a flow*- 

 er garden. Grows in most soils, which are moderately fertile. 



Flowers May — Auguit. 



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PONTEDEHIA. Gen. pl. 545 



Corolla 1-petala, 6-fi la, 

 liilabiata. IStamina 3 a- 

 pice sive tubo coroll?e in- 

 serta. Capsula S-locuIa^ 

 lis. 



Corolla 1 pet ailed, 6 

 cleft, 2 lipped. 3 Sta- 

 mens inserted on the 

 summit or tube of the 



corolla. Capsule S celled. 





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