48 S 



BECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



* 



g. Anguspifc 



A. foliis lineal 



Pur 



lati 



ac Litis, squam 



pLinctatis ; bi'acteis binis, 

 niinutis, acutis ; raceniis 

 tenninalihu'^- 



foliosis 



cundis 



pe 



soli- 



Leaves linear lanceo- 

 late, acute, with set 

 dots ; bracteas 2, minute. 

 acute: racemes tcrniinal, 



leafy, secund ; p 

 solitary, axillary 



duncles 



tariis, axillaribus, Pursh, 



1. p. S9l. 



Androraeila caljculata, var. e. angustifolia, Sp.pl. 2. p. 614. 



Leaves sli|!;htly ferrugiueus underneath, with the margins revolute. 

 Sesmcnts of the calyx acuiuinate. Corolla oblong, oval. Pursh. 



This plant has been formed bj Pursh from one of the varieties of 

 the A. calyculata, it appears liowever scarcely to have character 



eaou 



Grows in open swamps. 

 Flowers April— May. 



"W 



Carolina and Geoz-gia. Pursh. 



3. NiTIDA. 



Walt. 



A. glaberrinia, ramis 1 Very glabrous; branches 

 flexuosis, triquetris ; fo- | flexuous, 3 angled; leaves 

 liis Gvalibus, acuminatis, j oval, acuminate, enllie, 3 

 integerrinns, trinerviluis ; nerved ; peduncles rlus- 

 pedunculis fasciculatis, u- tered, i flowered, axilla 



nifloris, axillaribu.s ; co- 



ry 



corolla cylindrical ; 



rollis cylindricis ; anthc- | anthers at base ^ horned. 

 ris basi bicorniculatis. E. 



Walt. p. 1S7. .Vich. 1. p. 252. Pursh, 1. p. 292 

 A. conacea, bp. pi. 2. p. 613. 



A shrub S--6 feet high. Root cvttpmz. 

 branches virgate, 3 an-led. Leaves 



Stem angled, branching; 



Q very short petioles, coriaceous, 



IS and dotted underneath. 



♦k« .» • ^ "' >^ ." -»-"^««-ea»u very snort petioes 



^oZerlT \'J^^^''^\^^<^'/-^ by the nerWs and^dotted „ 



fu^r rn7l]. '" l*?^ a^'I, cernuous. Calyx purple; segments a- 

 tL mZ 1 nTi? ^Tg«\*'^*" the calyx, white, tinged with pink. 



^ mdrof honL I '"* ^r' * '''y ^*'-«"g *"d almost disagre.a- 

 i smell of honey, from the number of flo werg of each axil the vig- 



nr«nc h,.^«^l,^o -A-K-rii. ""iooer ot llowers ot each a 



orous branches exhibit the appearance of compact racemes. 



Grows ,n springy, sandy swamps and gal s • considered as in^ii- 



Jtichest swamps* 



Flowire March 



Male 



Sotti' 



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