BEXA.NDR!\ MONOGIKIA. S93 



2. Lanuginosus. Mich. 



S. incaiia ; foliis sessi- j Hoary ; leaves sessile, 

 libiis, subcordalis ; pedi- j somewliat cordate j pedi* 

 cellis geminatis. Midi, j eels by pairs. 



1. p. SOI. 



232 



Leaves with an abrupt and long acumi nation. Floiverfi three times 

 tiie size of its congeners, of a greenish hue. Berry 1 or 2 seeded^ 

 with 1 or 2 cells abortive* Mich, 



Grow* amoii^ the hiti,hest n^ountains of Carolina. Mich. 



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Flowers June. 



POLTGONATUM. Desfontaines 



Mus. Hist. Nat. l). p 



Corolla inferior, 6 cleft, 

 yllndrical. Filaments in* 

 erted near the summit 



Corolla infera. 6 fida, cy- 

 lindrica. F'damenta tu!)o 

 supenie inscrta. Bacca 



globosa, 3-locul..ris, locu- j of the tube. Berry g 

 lis '3-spermis. Flores ax- J bose, 3 celled, cells ^ 

 iOares. 



led. Flowars axillary, 



1. BrFLORUM. Walt. 

 P. -caule tercti, Itevi ; 



foliis alternis, sessilibus, 



Stem terete, smooth j 

 leaves alternate, sessile, 



elliptico-lanceolatis, tri- J elliptic 



nervibus ; peduiiciilis ax- j ed ; peduncles axillary, 



illaribusjsolitariisjbiiioris. j sohtary, 2 flowered. 



P. angjjjtiroliuiii ? Piji-sli/l. p. 234, 

 Couvallarla bitlora, Walt. p. 132. 



S'.em 12—18 inches high. Leaves slightly araplexicaule, glabrous- 

 Corulla pale ycll«nv, tipped with green. Perhaps only a variety ot 

 the succeeding species, but the leaves are narrower, and the pedun- 

 cles almost invariably 2 fiuwered. 



Grows in the upper country ; in the lime stone lands of St. Johns, 

 not uncommon. 



Flowers 



bB 



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