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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



5, Sessilipolta. 



U. foliis sessilibus, Ian 



alibus 



subtus 



glands ; capsula stipitata. d 



Leaves ses 

 late oval, g 



un. 



ovata. 



Per 



1. p. 360. 



foot 



psiile 



) 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 95. Mich. 1. p. 199. Pursh, 1. p. 231. 



Stem 8 — 12 inches high, generally divided near the summit, with 

 a solitary flower on one branch. Leaves sessile, somewhat ainplesi- 

 caulc, many nerved, glabrous on the under surface. Moiver on a 

 short peduncle. (Segments of-thc corolla flat, smooth within. Pursh.) 



Rare in the low country ; common in the upper. Columbia; Mr. 

 Herbemont. St. Johns ; Dr. Macbride. 



Flowers May — June. . 



STREPTOPUS. Mich. 



Corolla 6-petala, sub- 



Corolla 6 petalled. 

 campaniilata. Stigmata \ somewhat cainpaiiulate. 



brevissima. Bacca sub- | Stisrmas very sliort. Bev 

 globosa, coriacea. 



1. Rose us. 



S. foliis amplexicauli- 



i) 



ry globular, leathery. 



Leaves amplexicaule, 

 busjserrulato-ciliatisj an- | serrulate dilate; anthers 

 theris brevibus, bicorni- | sliort, two horned, 

 bus. Mich. 1. p. 201. 



Pursh, 1. p. 232. 



Stem. 12—18 inches high, divided, glabrous. Leaves oval, acumi- 



St. I'lowers 

 uncles, rose 



nate, manv nerved, with 3 more conspicuous than the res 

 sma,l, axillary, solitary, on short geniculate nodding pedi 



coloured. 



The flowers in this genus are more numerous on each stem than ii) 

 the genus Uvularia. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Muhl. Pursh. 

 blowers May-^uly. 



tJUM^"", ?T .specimens I api indebted to the kindness of Mr. Kia oi 

 rhiladelphia. 



