HEXANDRIA TRIGYNiA, 



419 



wTiat distant, on peduncles twice the longth of the petals ; sterile 

 anfl fertile flowers iuterminglcd in each panicle. 

 or!)icuIar5 uUited, the 



emarginate circle, at t!ie siiniiuit of the claw, with a furrow along tiie 

 -centre. 



I y — - - - 



/'e/rt/s nersiste))t, 

 margins waved or repaml ; glands forming an 



Stamms as long .is tlte petals, -/y/^s expanding- 



Sent from Louisville, Georgia, by Mr 'jark^on 



Found also in the mountains of Carolina, bj Dr.Macbride. 

 Flowers .M:;j— July. 



Wraj. 



Augusta; Dr, 



VERATIUJM. 



Corolla 



tens 



tita, pa 



cglaiidulo 



Jaciniis sessililjus, 



CoroUfZ 6 parted 



receptaculo iiiserta. 

 -sul^ ^, polyspermy, 



pa 



t; 



the 



up 



1. VlRIDE. 



V. foliis lato-ovarihus 



sessile, witliout 

 Stamens iiiserte 

 recepta<les. t'< 

 many, seeded. 



segments 



glands. 



1 on the 



ip sides i, 



plic 



; 



raceniis panicu- 

 ollae laciniis ob- 



longo, ovalibus, 



Mich. 2J. p. ;5J4U. 



plaited 

 clef! ; 

 cordia 

 cute. 



Leaves I)road, oval, 



; racemes pini- 

 segments of the 

 oblong, oval, a- 



Sp pS.4. p. 89G. Pursh, 1. p. 242 

 Plant pubescent 





6 feet hi<^li. Root leaves large. 



greeaiali yellow. 



Grows, along the mountain streams from Ca^iada to Carolina. 

 Flowers July. 



Flowers 



2. P 



V. 



latis, 

 icuHs 

 bus : 



fol 



li 



m^h 





fa 



Lea 



fl 



cilibus, patent!- slendei 



labi 



pan I 



pandin 



pe 



tammifei 



utiinque a. I tals acute at each end 



bearing the stamens 



Mich. 2. p. 250. Pursh, 1. p. 242. 



Michaux, to whom we are indebted for our knowledge of this plant, 

 jmarks, that the branches of the panicie are filiform; thajloivers 

 reen, on short footstalks ; the corolla without gland« ; (hat in its 

 ohation and habit «t resembles the Veratrum, but is allied to the Melan- 

 thium by its stSnnniferous petals. 



Grows among the highest mountains of Carolina. 

 Flowers July. 



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