OCTANDRTA TRIGYNIA 



45a 



5. SetA€eum. Baldwin 

 P. floribus 8-andris, 

 semitiisynis ; pedunculis 

 elons;atis, distachyis ; spi- 



Flowers octandrous, 

 with the style 3 cleft ; pe- 



spiked ; 



duncl 



OS 



long, 3 



CIS iiiterruptis, hirsutis ; I s|)ikes interrupted, hir- 

 foHis lato-lanceolatis, a- | sute ; leaves broad lance- 

 cuminatis, hirsutis; och- | olate, acuminate, hirsute; 

 reis hirsutis ciliatisque ; I stipules hirsute and cili- 



caule ei'ecto, glabro. 



B. 



ate ; stem erect, glabrous. 



Stptn I — 2 feet high. Pctiolps verj short- Stipules long, fringed 

 ■witli lonij bristles. Corolla white, resembling the P. hirsutum, but" 



rnooth stem ami interrupted spikes. B. 



------ - Bald. 



sufficiently distinct by its s _... j,„,. „ 



Grows iji clayey soils, Savannah ; St. Mary's, Georgia 



Flowers June 



•August. 



6. Hirsutum. 



Walt. 



P. floribus in spicis fil- 

 iibrmibus, 8-andris, semi- 

 trigynis ; caule ochreis- 

 que hirsutissimis ; foliis 

 lanceolatis, hirsutis, punc- | leaves lanceolate, hairy, 



Flowers in filiform 

 spikes, octandrous, with 

 the styles 3 cleft ; stem 

 and stipules very hairy ; 





tatis. 



E. 



Walt, p 



132. 



dotted. 



Mich. 1. p. 239. Pursh, 1. p. 270. 



Btem decumbent and erect, brandling, 2 feet high, completely 

 clothed with long rufous hair. Leaves oblong, sometimes slightly cor- 

 date at base, acute, entire, hairy, but much less so than the stem. 



Spikes 2 



3, very slender, fascicles generally 2 flowered, or produ- 



Corolla white. Style as long a? 



cing but 1 or 2 flowers at a time. 

 the stamens. Sti^^mns capitate. 



Grows in sliallow ponds. 



Flowers May — August. 



Seed 3 angled. 



7. PUNCTATUM. 



E. 



P. floribus s-andris, se- 

 mitrigynis, subconfertis ; 



ochreis longe ciliatis 

 liis 



fo- 



angu sto -1 an ceol atls 

 glubris, pellucido-puQCta 



J 



Flowers octandrous, 

 somewhat crowded, with 

 the styles 3 parted ; sti- 

 pules with a long fringe; 



leaves narrow lanceolate, 



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