88^ HEXANDRl A MONO GYIN'f A 



1. COKDATA. 



P. foliis cordatis ; flo- f Leaves cordate ; flo\\> 

 ilbus confeitis, spicatis. | ers in crowded spikes. 



Sp. pi. s. p. 23. 



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Mich. 1. p. 193. Pursh, 1 . p. 223. 



Perennial, cespitose. Stem 0. Leaven radical, cordate, obtuse, 

 entire, membranaceous, very glabrous ; petioles 2 feet long, succtt- 

 lent, sheathing at base t!ie interior feaves ; the central petiole jointed, 

 and producing from a fissure above the joint the spike of flowers. 

 Spike crowded, buds ? 3—6 flowered j common peduncle clothed 

 uith transparent jointed hair. Corolla villous on the outer surface, 

 blue, the upper lip 3 parted to its base, the lower with a yellow spot 

 in the centre and 3 cleft at the summit. Filnnmits 6—5 at the base 

 of the tube of the corolla, apparently attached to the lower lip, 3 at 

 the summit of the tube attached to the upper lip; all short. JInthers- 

 erect, blue ; pollen yellow. Germ superior, obovate, furrowed. Styk 



as long as the corolla. Stigma obtuse. {Seed several in each celU 

 Linn.) 



Grows in bogs and ditches. 



Flowers April— September. ' Tfampee. 



2. Lancifolta. Mubl. Cat. 

 P. foliis obloiigo-lance- [ Leaves oblong lanceo 

 olatis ; floribus spicatis. late ; flowers in spikes. 



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• From the precedinc;; species this only differs in i\\^ leaves, which are 

 tvhen young linear lanceolate, when old somewhat ovate ; the spike 

 IS produced in the same manner, but is smallei',arisin'r probably from 

 the comparative sterility of tlie soil m which usually |rows. 

 _ Although it isnow many years since I first noticed this plant grow- 

 ing arftund the pine barren ponds in Chatham county, Geor-ia, I feel 

 yet a doubt whether it is more than a variety of the l\ cordata.. 

 *lo«vers May — June. * 



PANCRATIUM. Gbn. pl. 55 i. 



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Corolla supera, infundi- I Corolla superior, fun- 

 buliforniis, tubo longo. nel shaped, with the tube 

 J^tdarium i2-fidum. | long. Sectary is cleft 

 Stamina nectario impo- | Stamens placed on tlie 

 ^^^^» I nectary. 



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