ENNEANDRIA TRIGYKIA. , 46 



lidus. torolla 0. Se. I late, 6 cleft. Corolla 0. 



triquetrum, calyce Seed l, S-anded, clothed 



tectum 



1. TOMENTOSUM. Mic'll 



E. foliis ovalibus, basi cu 

 neatis, supra glabiis, sub 



caly 



albo 



cau- 



Le 



base, glabrous on the up- 

 per surface, clotlied with 

 liiiis ternis quaternlsve ; | a white down on the un- 

 florum fasciculis axillari- der, stem leaves by 3s 

 bus, solitariis, sessilibus. ] or 4s ; clusters of flowers 



, axillary, solitary, sessile. 



Mich. 1. p. 246. Push, 1. p, 9.77. 

 Hoot perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet high, branchino-, 

 and somewhat dichotomous. Leaves at each division of the stem 3, 

 sometiuies 4, lanceolate, sessile, at the root oblong, tapering at base, 

 all clothed on tlie under surface, together with the stem, involucrum 

 and calyx, with a close, white tomentum or down. Stamens longer 

 than the caljx. Germ superior, 3 angled. Style very short. Stig- 



vias 3, simple. Seed acutely 3 angled, dothed with the persistent 

 calyx. Mich. 



Grows on the higliest sand hills in the middle country of Georgia 

 and Carolina. 



Flowers tkrough the summer. 



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TRIGYKIM. 



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PLEEA. Mich. 



Corolla 6 -partita, pa- [ Corolla 6 parted, ex- 

 tens. Capsula supera, tri- panding. Capsule supe- 

 gona, trilocularis. Semi- rior, 3 angled, 3 celled. 

 na numerosa, oblonga', | Seeds numerous, oblong, 

 margini valvulorum ad- attached io the margin of 



^^t^' I the valves. 



1. Tenuifolia. Mich. 



Mich. 1. p. 248. Pursh, 1. p. 278. 



^oot perennial, fibrous or a little tuberous. Leaves very narrow, 

 •nsiform, like the whole plant glabrous. Stem leafy, 1—2 feet high. 

 flowers in a terminal spike. Sheaths alternate, acute, one flowered. 

 Segments of the corolla lanceolate, acute, of a yellowish red colour. 

 Stamens as long as the corol la. Seeds terete, sllgh tly bowed, attached 

 hy a small stipes to the margin of the valves. 



Grows in the open bogs, in lower Carolina j Jlich, Near WH- 

 roingtcn, North-Carolina ; M. Nuttal. 



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