HEXANDRIA TEieYNlA* 



439 



U. abriipte acuminatis, 1 ruptly acuminate, on short 



pctiOies. 



brevi^sinie petiolatis, 

 Pursli, !• p, S45, 



" ?p. pu 2. p. sri. 



The largest species jet known in this genus. Pursh says the 



inches long^ 

 perhaps longer in lai^j^c plants. Petals white- I have specimens from 

 the mountains of Carolina in .vliicli the pc<luricles are scarcely an iacl» 

 lonij, and the petals rather larger than the leaves of the caljx. 



Grows in sliatird, rich, rocky soilst 



~ Mav. 



leaves are sometimes 9 inc'ies wide; peduncles 



2 



3 



Flowciii April 



8. Cate«b^i. 



E. 



T. pcdimculo rccurva- 



Peduncle recurved 



to ; pt'talis lariceolafis, ca- petals lanceolate, larger 



lliati the calyx ; leaves 

 obovate and oval, acumi- 

 nate, tapering at base* 



lycc niajorihus ; foliis o- 



bovatis ovalibuaque, acu- 

 miaaiis, basi attenuatis. 



E. 



Catesby, Carol. !. p. 45. t. 45. 

 T. cernuuiu, Mich. 1. p. 21G? 



I 



Leaves ^—6 inches long, rather obovate, 5 inches wide, taperinjf 

 to the base and not abruptly acuminate at the summit. P^fa/s lance- 

 olate, expanding, undulate : rose coloured. Leaves of the calyx long, 

 narrow. 



It is remarkable with what facility we sometimes drop the species 

 of our predecessors as inaccurate, when they have not recently 

 occurred to our observation. Pursh says, under the T. ccrnuum, 

 on the authority of Sir James E. Smith, that the fiijiire of Catesby is 

 sn inaccurate it cannot be quoted without creating confusion, yet 

 I have before me specimens agreeing minutelj with the figure of Catea 

 by, and collected in Pendleton at the head waters of the Saluda and 

 Savannah rivers, precisely vvhere Catesby informs us his plant was 

 found. This is probaidy the original T. cernuum of Linnaeus, but that 

 name has been transferred to anotlier plant. 



Pendleton county, South-Carolina; Mcsrs. Baker & Perry- 

 Flowers April— *May. 



9. Nervosum. 



E. 



T. pedunculo recurva- 



to 



J 



pe talis 



oblongo-lan- 



Peduncle recurved ; 

 petals oblong lanceolate, 



ceolatis, calyce majoii- j larger than the calyx ; 

 bus ; foliis lanceolatis o- 1 leaves lanceolate and o^ 



