B90 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Perennial. Leaves somewl;at radical, lanceolate, sliecathlng at base. 

 stained with purple, involute at the summit. Scap^ 8—12 inches, 

 bearing a solitary nodding flower. Calyx 0. Fetals 6, 3 exterior, 

 reflected from about the middle. JS^ectary 2 scales at the base of the 

 inner petals. Stamens short. Style shorter than the petals. Stig- 



Capsule nearly globular, 3 celled, 3 valved. Seeds numerous. 



mas 3- 



Georgia- 



Georiria 

 Mr. Jackson. 



Louisville^ 



Flowers March — April. 



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UVULAUIA. Gen. pl. 5.60. 



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Corolla 6-petala, erec- 

 ta. Kedarii fovea baseos 



Corolla 6 petalled, erect. 

 A nectariferous cavity at 



petali. Filamenta brcvis- the base of th 



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sima. Stigmata 3, Ion- | Filamejits 



ga. 

 locularis. 



1. PeI{ FOLIA T.4 



XL foliis perfoli 



V e ry 



Capsida 3-gona, 8- I Stigmas », long. 



petals, 

 short. 



Cm)- 



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sule 3 aagled, 8 celled. 



el 



lipt 



Leaves perfoliate, cllip 



obtusis ; corolla I tic, obtuse ; corolla cam 



campanulata, intus tuber- | panulate, tubercled with- 

 culata ; antheris aristatis. 



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anthers awned. 



Smith, Exot. Bot. i. p. 95 



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Sp. pt. 2. p. 94. Mich. 1. p. 199. Piirsh, 1. p. 231. 



Boot perennial. Stem herbaceouSj erect, 8— -12 inclies high. Leaver 

 elliptic, rather acute, having many nerves, entire, glabrous ; the lower 

 leaves only sheathes, clothing the stem. Flowers few, solitaiy, axil- 

 lary, nodding. Calyx 0. Petals lanceolate, pale yellow, roughened 

 on the inner surface with small tubercles. Capsule somewhat turbi- 

 nate, trigonous, truncate, with several seeds in each cell. 

 _ Gronws sparingly in the low country. I have seen it near Beaufort 

 m fertile soils. More common in the upper country. 



Flowers April. *' 



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2. Flava. Smith. 



IJ. foliis perfoliatis, el- I Leaves perfoliate, el- 



liptico-oblongis, obtusis, 



basi undulatis 



liptic 



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corolla 1 dulate at base 



oblong, obtuse, un* 



5 corolla 



