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i9S BECANDRIA MONOGYNIA* 



14. Racemosa/ 



A. Mm lance^flatis, a j Leaves lanceolate, a- 

 cutis, serrulatis, supra gla- | cute, serrulate, glabrous 

 bris, subtus pubescenti- | on the upper, pubescent 

 bus; racemis terminal^ ] on the under surfoee,- tl 

 bus, secundis, simp]icibus J cenies terminal, secund 



ramosisve : corollis ob 



ion,o;o.ovatis ; antheris rolia ol)lono- ovate : 



d : CO 



quad 



an 



tbers 4 awned 



. Mich. 1 p. 355 Push, 1. p. 294. 

 A. paniculata, Walt. p. 138. 



A. Catesbiti, Sp. pi. 2. p. 



A shrubs 5 feet high ; branches straggling, not numerous. Leaves 

 sometimes sliditly acuminate, menibranaT-eous Jiaceme, 2-6 inches 

 io;»ir, Jrequ<.ntl J divided near the base. Ftmvers not strictly secund, 

 out all turn towards the earth. Bractms^ one linear lanceolate at the 

 f^n? J'tu f ^""S'*",' *"■*' c^^^ate, ovate, acuminate, cili.ite, persis- 

 ^It /' n ,*^ *H ""^^y"- ^'"'hl-x^ P"'PJ^» "''«te ; the segments 

 rnlllo J K . '' "^*'' ^"'■'•o^^eJ- f^tameiis half the length of the co- 

 terminal ^* ^'"^ *"'"'"^t ^ ^^^"ed, opening through the 



aT,d ^'Ll^*''"'^ description applies to the A racemosa of Michaus, Pursh, 

 l^cirPI.r .'i"*a"/'^*8- '>n turning to the old editions of tl»e 



Xnt?« ,r ■'''" ' * ''^ ^Pf**^^'' »>«wever very doubtful whether this 

 5 a^vn hP u.*""^!"']' '^- "-.^^^'""^a «f l/.nnu3us. The contrast he has 

 sarv ^vhon tr '^^ '^f "** ^"*' ^'^^ ^- ^--borea appears ver> unncces- 

 fSh enL . 7". .?*'''^'^ ^'"''^ ^^•'^'•'^^'V any l^einblance, and hi* 

 WiuLZ?'?"* ditterence, if applied to xL pbnt, is incorrect. 



of tki/Znt K'r"?T ^*^r ^^'^'■*-' "'*^'^'« thfficultj, and has H.ad« 

 species^ A kt^^^^"}^'' ^ ^^''"*^ ^^'^ «^^« ^ racemosa a doubtful 

 hHsTuoted as a sv L "' ^'^*^/" >J^ct was not sufficiently confused, he 

 W ich rlallv bP.?n r^'*^ ^:'' ^^^^'^^^'*'*^' t''e A. Catesb.^! of Walter, 

 a^ct s ;if te ea r^^^^^^^^ the A axillaris. A conjecture on this sub- 

 of Micha iv tnH /f . u t^»«^'«a» racemes of the A. racemosa 



times br^cheS InTf." " ^""''T'"'^ "''^ ^'^^'^^ «^<=""d' ^"^ ^"'"!' 

 Linnseus and iv> J ^l- "'?"*°* "^^^e it has probably been sent to 



that plant anih? f ' '^ ^^^^^^f^^' W^ description applies to 

 l^r.,«8 arou.id poods, and in uAh and ditches 



tWwers ijiiuch— -May. ^ aiicties. 



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