HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 41 S 



6. PERSreARIOIDES. 



R. valvulis dentatis, [. Valves toothed, each 

 omnibus granifcris ; foliis bearing a grain ; leaves 

 lanceolatis, undulatis, in- | lanceolate, undulate, en- 

 tegris. Purshj 1. p. S48. j tire. 



Sp. pi. 2.252. Walt p. 127. 



Plant 6 — 12 inclics hiq;h, much branched. Leaves lanceolate, peti- 

 ©latc, smooth, waved, entire. Valves of the JTowcr with 3 long teeth 

 on each side, each bearing a large, pale coloured grain. Linn. 



Grows in shady, wet woods, and along the banks of ditches, frona 

 Virffinia to Carolina. Pursh. 



Flowers Jul}-. 



7. DlVARICATUS ? 



R, valvulis dentatis, gra- j Valves toothed, eacli 



niferis ; foliis cordato.ob- j bearing a grain ; leaves 



longis, obtusisj pubescen- cordate oblong, obtuse, 



tibus. Sp. ill. S. p. 253. I pubescent. 



Plant perennial- Stem I — 2 feet high. Leaves cordate, oblong, 

 somewhat acute, finely "vvaved along the margins, pubescent, particu- 

 larly along the veins* Flowers in a long, slender, leafy spike ? ichorls 

 nearly sessile, distant. Valves of the corolla reticulate, with 4 — 5 

 teeth near the base; grains of unequal sia^e, one large. 



Found by Dr. Baldwin in the marches of Savannah river, opposite 

 the city of Savannah. 



Flowers June — August. 



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8. ACETOSELLA. 



E. floribus dioicis j I Flowers dioicous ; leaves 



foliis lance olato-hastatis. I lanceolate hastate, 

 Sp. pi. 2. p. 260. 



"VValt p. 127? Mich. 1- p. 216. Pursh, 1. p. 249, 



J?oof somewhat fusifortfln, perennial. Stem herbaceous, 1 — 2 feet high, 

 slightly furrowed. Lmves entire, somewhat succulent, glabrous,, 

 sometimes ovate or lanceolate, without auricles, on petioles 1 — 3 

 inches long, dilated at base. Flowers in paniculated racemes, with 

 fascicles 8—10 flawered,near together; in the sterile flower the calyx 

 and corolla are lanceolate, nearly equal ; the stamens 6, very short ; 

 and only the rudiments of a germ. In the fertile flower, the caly^ 

 is linearj the corolla larger, lanceolate, strongly veined, purple, 

 the stfjles very short, the stignias glandular, purple; the seeu S an* 

 gled, covered by the reticulate corolla- 



Grows in light, sandy, poor soils ; very common. 

 Flowers April — June. 



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