DECANDRIA MONOGINIA. 



49 U 



seiTulalis, deciduis, utrln- 



ciduoii 



que e;]abris ; ramis floii- brous on each side : flow 



feris 



elongatis. 



S 



Sp. 2)1. 



. p 353. 



Pursh, I. p. 287. 

 A shrub 2- 



bearing branches long, 



-3 feet high, the nowering branches nearly Ieafles?.\ 

 Eacemes bracteate. Corolla contracted at the throat, tin-ed witli 

 ^^^w ^^S"^^"*s of the calyx reflected. Style included. Pursh 



Ihis appears to be too nearly allied to Ihe preceding species. The 

 pubescence b certainly variable, and the leaves, which in the V. co- 



rymbosum Linnaus considered as entire, are very finely serrulate, so 



as easily to appear entire in dried specimi;ns. 



Crows in swamps, from Virginia to Carolina. 



Flowers 



Parsh. 



Leaves 



12. FUSCATUM, 



V. foliis oblongis, acu- 

 tis, serrulatis, glabris ; ra- 

 cemis aggregatis, ternii- 

 iiaiibus, bracteatis ; pedK j bracteate 

 cellis longis, nutantibus ', 



oblong, 



acute, 



serrulate, glabrous ; race- 

 mes aggregate, terminal, 



pedicels long, 



of 



nodding ; 



> 



segments 



calycibus acutis, erectis ; ihe calyx acute, erect 



stylo subexerto. Pursli 

 1. p. 287. 



5 



Style generally exserted- 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 351. 



A handsome small shrub. Jiacsmes someuhat corymbose. 

 fa cylindrical ; segments sliort, erect, v.hite,tin2;ed wilii red. 

 Grows in the swamps of Carolina and Georgia. Pursh, 

 Flowers 



Corgi 

 Pu r sh 



13. Galezans. Mich. 



V. foliis sessllibus, cu- j Leaves sessile, cuneate 

 Tieato-lanceolatis, serru- lanceolate, serrulate, pu- 



clculis 



pubescentibus ; fas 



fascicle 



silibus ; stami- j stamens included, with- 



cxsert- 



nibus inclusis, muticis ; out awns ; s 

 stylo cxerto. | cd. 



Mich. I. p. 232. Pursh, 1. p. 28T. 



A small shrub, I — 2 feet high, with creeping roots ; young branches 

 uotted, pubescent. Margins of the leaves frequently tinged with pur 



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