OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 44i5 



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Grows in dry soils, in the middle country of Georgia and Carolin*.' 

 Flowers April — May. 



EPILOBIUM. Gen. pl. 639, 



Calyx aMus, tubulp- | Calyx 4 cleft, tubular, 



sus. Corolla 4-petala | Co7Vj//</ 4 petallcd. Cap^ 



Capsnla obloiiga, 4-locu- sule oblong, 4 celled, in- 



laris, infera. Semina ji&p. ferior. Seeds crowned 



posa. I with a tuft of hair. 



4. Tetbagonum. 



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E. caule lincis promi- | Stem somewhat 4 an- 

 Hulis subquadrangulatis ; I gled by prominent lines ; 

 fuliis oppositis, supreniis leaves opposite, tlie up* 

 alternis, lanceolatis, ser- | per ones alternate, lance- 

 rulatis. Pursh, l. p. 25U. | oiate, serrulate. 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 317. Mich. 1. p. 223. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet high, branching, 

 glabrous- Leaves narrow, sharply serrulate. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes, small, crowning the germ,pa!e red. Germ linear, long* 

 Capsule long, 4 angled. Seed oblong, crowned with a tuft of hair. 



Grows among the Saluda 



Flowers Julj^August. 



mountains. Dr. Macbride. 



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GAURA. Gen. pl. 638. 



Calyx -^-fidus, tubulo- 1 Calyx 4 cleft, tubular, 

 sus. Corolla 4-petala, ! Corolla 4 petalled, ascen- 

 adscendens. JSTux i -spev- \ ding. Mit 1 seeded, 4 

 ma, 4-anguIata, infera. | angled, inferior. 



1. Ancustifolia. Mich. 



G. foliis fas< iculatis, 11- I , Leaves clustered, U- 



nearibus, repando-uadu- 1 near, repand, undulate 5 



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