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OCTANJ)HIA MONOGYNIA, 



3. Grandiflora. 

 CE. caiile glabnusculo 

 ramoso ; foliis ovato-lan 



br 



Stem nearly glabrnii«». 





leaves ovate 



glabns ; stamini- lanceolate, ^labi 



bus decli 



.306. 



Sp. pi 



mens declimn 



a 



» 



Puvsh, t. p- 261. 



Stem 



o 



S feet high, branching Lpaves soipetimes laiicf oTafe, 3 — 4 

 inches long, I — 2 wide, frequentlj pubescent. Floivers axillarji 

 sessile, large, of a bright jellow colour. Tube of the calyx verj 

 long;. Stamens declining, shorter than the corolla. 

 ^ Grows in gardens aud around buildings. Certaluly uot indigenous 

 IP our low country. 



Flowers May — September. 



4. Hybrida. 



Mi*^'h. 



OS. caule erecto, villoso: 



Slcm erect, villoiH 





foliis utiinque puhescen- leaves pubescent on botli 



tibus, lanceolatis, remote 



subdentatis, uiidiilatis ; 



capsulis subsplcatis, brc- 



viter stipiratis, ovato-te- j on short fontrttulks, ovate 



tragonis. Mich. i. p. 5^5. 



sides, lanceolate, remote- 

 ly toothed, undulate ; cap- 

 sules somewluit spiked, 



and 4 angled. 



Pursh, 1. p. 262. 



Stem t — 3 feet long, hairy, slightly m«ncate 

 S or 4 times as long as tlie segments, 

 the segments of the calyx, 

 scarcely angled- 



Tuhc ofllie calyx 



Petals and stamens a3 lon^ as 



Vapaule nearly sessile, ovate, long* 



Grows in the upper districts ol Georgia and Carolina. 

 i'lowers July — September. 



5. FnuTicosi 



CE. pubestens 

 basi ramoso, di 



foliis sesftilibus 



lis 



subdentati 



s, acutis 



Pubescent ; stem branch- 

 ing from the base, divari- 



cate 



psulis pedicel I atis, ob- 

 ).clavatis, anaruiatis. 



lon^ 



Piirsh, 2, p. 734. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 3 1 0. Walt. p. 1 29.' 



; leaves sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, slightly toothed, 



acute; capsules pedicel- 

 late, oblong clavate, an- 



S 



led. 



