444r OCTANDRIA MONOGfYNiA*. 



8. PcMfLA. 



CB. glabra; caiilibus ad- | Glabrous ; stem ascend, 

 eceiidentibus ; foliis Ian- I ing ; leaves lanceolate, 

 ceolulis, mtegerrimis, ob- | entire, obtuse ; capsules 

 tusis ; capsuJis obovatis, | obovate, angled, 

 an^ulatis. Sp. pi. s. p. 

 210. 



Pursh, 1. p. 262. 



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Plant 8—12 inches high. Upper leaves linear lanceolate, wliea 

 young pubescent. Flowers small. Tube of the calyx not loDger than 

 segments. Capsules nearly sessile. 



Grows in dry fields, in Virginia 



Flowers July. 



Pursh, 



9. Chrysantha. IVIich. 



CE. caule debili, pubes- I Stem weak, pubescent ; 

 tentej foliis lanceolatis, j leaves lanceolate, rather 

 obtusiusculis, planis, inte- obtuse, flat, entire ; tube 

 gns ; calycis tubo laciniis ] of the calyx but half 



duplo breviore ; capsula long as the segments j 

 clavata, acutangula, ses- | capsule clavate, acutely 



«ili. Mich. 1. p. S25. I angled, sessile. 



Pursh, 1. p 263. 



golden 



IQ. Linearis. Mich. 

 CE pubescens, gracilis ; I Pubescent, slender 



foliis linearih 



cap 



^'\^P''^-'^'''S^- I nearly round^ 4 angled, 



B.S viUosis. ^i,j„„'^ 



Mich. 1. p. 225. Pnrsh, 1. p. 252. 



, 'Jl w"o 



Corolla larger 



m 



