HEXANDRIA MONOGlNlA. 414 



Perennial. Stem 12~18 Inches hijb, terete, leafy. Leapes flat, 

 acute, shorter than the stem, hairy alon^ the margins, very hair/ 

 at tlie throat of the short sheath, timbel simple. Spikes many flow- 

 ered. Leaves of the calyx ovate, acuminate, rufous, with a membra- 

 naceous margin as long as the capsule. Capsule 3 angled, truncatq^ 

 3 valvedj 3 seefled* 



Grows near Columhia, S.Carolina; ^fr. Herbemont. St. Johns f 

 Dri Macbride* 



Flowers 



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CAUI.OPHYLLUM. Mich. 



li 



Calyx inferus, 0-pliyl- | Calfjx inferior, 6 lear^ 

 lus. Pctala (J, calyce op- ed. Pt'/af^ij, opposite the 



posita. Drupa stlpitata, j calyx. Drupe stipitatCj 



1-sperma. | one seeded. 



i. Thalictroides. 



Mich, 1, p. 205. Pursh, 1. p. 218. 

 licontice thalictroides, Sp. pi, 2. p. 149. 



Plant about a foot higii, glabrous, 3 parted at tlie summit of the stem. 

 Lower leafy when there are two (for the 3 divisions are considered as 

 forming but one leaf, the stem resembling a petiole), generally triter- 

 nate, divided into 27 leaflets, the upper biternate ; leaflets ovate, 

 acute, 2 or 3 lobed, glabrous. Flowers in panicles, produced from 

 tlie centre of the leaves ; there are frequently two panicles, with the 

 inner one very small- Stamens and style very short. Stigma obtuse. 

 Fruit a drupe, oval, dark blue when mature, supported by a club 

 shaped stipes 2 to 3 lines long, of tlie same colour with the drupe- 

 Found in the mountains, in Pendleton district, bj Messrs. Ba^dr 



& Perry 



I 



Flowers April. 



DIPHYLLEIA. Mich. 



Calyx inferus, 3-phyl- 1 Cali/x inferior, d leav- 

 lus, deciduus. Corolla 6- | ed, deciduous. Corolla 

 pctala. Bacca l-locula- | 6 petallcd. Berry t cel- 

 ris, S">8 sperma. j led, 2—3 seeded. 



1. Cymosa. 



Mich. I. p. 203. 

 2ioot thick, perennial. Stem herbaceous, erect, about a foot high. 



Leaves alwajs 2 on each each stem, alternate, 2 iobsd, peltate^ lobes 



