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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Flowers generally solitary (sometimes 3 or more, Pur&h.), terminal 

 Petals spathulate, lanceolate, with tlie claw long. 



Inserted on the authority of AV alter. For m}' specimens I am in- 

 debted to Mr. Collins of Philadelphia, and Dr. Bigelovv of Boston. 



Flowers July — August. 



3. Canadense. 



L foljis remote verti- 



cillatiSj lanceolatis, triner- 

 •vibus, siibtus ad nervos 



Leaves remotely verti- 

 ciilate, lanceolate, 3 nerv- 

 ed, hirsute along tlic un- 



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subliirsutis ; pedunciilis | der surface of the nerves 

 terminalibus, elongatis, | peduncles terminal, long, 

 pterumque ternis ; coroU [ generally by threes; co- 

 lis cernuis, campanulati.s, 



revolutis. 



2Sy. 



I'olla nodding, canipanii- 



Pursh, 1. p. I late, revolute. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 89. Mich. 1. p. I9r. 



Hoot a scaly bulb. Stem 2 — 4 feet high, terete, glabrous. Leai'fs 

 all verticillate, linear lanceolate, and lanceolate, 3 nerved,' some- 

 times acuminate. Flowers generallj by threes, terminal, on long 



reflected peduncles. Corolla somewhat campanulute, revolute. 

 tals lanceolate. 



Grows in the vallies among the mountains. 

 Flowers Jaly — August. 



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4. Caro 



Midi 



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folii 



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verticillatis 



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^xrticillate 



sparsisqiie, cimeato-lan- j and scattered, lanceolate 

 ceolalis ; floribus paucis, 



terminalibus ( 

 dunculis crass 

 revolutis. E. 



Mich. l.D. 197 



coroUis 



flow 



dge shaped at base ; 



terminal 





's few, 



),• peduncles thick 



a revolute. 



L. Martagon, Walt. p. 123. 



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Root a scaly bulb. Stem 2 feet high, terete. Leaves verticillate, 

 5—8 leaves in a whorl, with scatttred leaves interspersed, obscurely 

 3 nerved, somewhat succulent, very entire. Flowers terminal, by 

 threes, in pairs, or solitary. Petals Ions;, lanceolate, very acute, the 

 midrib of the 3 interior petals winged? Cm-olla oran-'c coloured, 

 spotted with dark purple. ' ° 



Tnere is some obscurity in this species ; it is possible that it is the 



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