OCTANDHrA MQNOGYNIA. 43^ 



lonsjssimo ; corollis 4- | very long ; corolla 4 pe 

 petalis, patulis ; stamini- tailed, expanding • sta 

 bus longissnne exertis. mens very long. 

 Pursh, 1. p. 355. 



. Mich. 1. p. 220. 



.^sculus parvlflora, Walt. p. 128. 



A small shrub, 3 4 feet high. Leaflets obovate, acuminate, serrti. 

 late, tamentose underneath. Flowers in very long racemes, white; 

 buds 1 flowered. Stamem nearly three times as long as the corolla 



Grows near rivulets in the upper districts of Georgia and CarolinaN- 



* lowers April— May. 



CLASS VIII 



OCTANDRIA. 



MO^rOGTJ^M. 254. DIRCA. 



255. ACER. 



^47. RHEXIA 



248. OENOTHERA. TRIGYJ^M. 



SL49. EPILOBIUM. 



250. GAURA. 255, POI-YGONUM. 



251. OXYCOCCOS. 257. CARDIOSPERM^M 



252. MENZIESIA. 258. SAPINDUS. 



^53. ELLIOTTIA. 



RHEXIA. Gen. pl. 636. 



J^ 



Cofyx 4-fidus. Corol I Calyx 4 cleft. CoroU 

 la 4-petala, calyci inserta. [ la 4 petalled, inserted in- 

 Antker<e declinatse. Cap. to the calyx. Anthers de- 

 sula 4-loculai is,intra ven- clined. Capsule 4 celled, 

 trein calycis. within the bosom of the 



caly 



4» 



• * Antheris incumbents | * Jinthers incumhent. 



bus, 



4. Mariana. 



R. hirsuta ; foliis Ian- I Hirsute ; leaves lance 



ceolatis, utrinque acutis, olate, acute at each end 



* 



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