DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



501 



'pocrateriforniis- 



Capsu- 



la bypocratenfomi. Cap. 



ce|>tacle 5 parted. 



Leaves cordate ovate. 



la 5-loculai is, rcceptacu- j sulc b celled, with the re- 

 lo 5-partito. 

 i. Repens. 



E. fijliis cordato-ova- 

 tis, intcgeriimis, reticu- | entire, reticulate ; corol- 

 latis ; corollis cylindricis. | la cylindrical. 

 Persoon, i. p. 48^. 



Sp. pi, 2. p. 615. Walt. p. 139. Mich. 1 ■ 250. Pursh, 1. p. ?^7^ 



A small shrub, prostrate, creeping;, and sometimes almost buried iu 

 the sand, in which it delights to grow. Young branches very hispid.. 

 Leaves^ when young, hispid along the midrib, and slightly frin:j;ed. 

 Flowers iu compact, axillary racemes Bracteas nearly as lon;^ as 

 the calyx. Corolla wliite, tinged with red, verv fragrant. Stamens 

 and style scarcely longer than the tube of the corolla. 



Grows on the sand hills in the middle districts of Carolina and 

 Georgia. 



Flowers January — March. 



GUALTHEIIIA. Gen. pl. 749. 



Calyx 5-fidus, basi hi- 



Cah/x d cleft, with S 



bracteatus. Corolla ova- bracteas at base. Corolla 



ta. 



Capsula 5-locuIaris, 



9 'm « 



vestita calyce baccato. 



i. PROCUMBENS. 



G. caule procumbente, 



ovate. Capsulf' 5 celled, 

 clothed wiih the berry- 

 like calyx. » 



Stem procumbent, virith 



ramis erectis; foliis obo- the branches erect; leaves 



vatis, basi acutis, ri<jidis, 

 serratis; floribus paucis, 

 terminalibus, nutantibus. 



obovate, acute nt base, 



n«cid, serrate 



flowers 





few, terminal, nodding. 



Pursh, I. p. 283. Sp. pi. 2. p. 616. Mich. 1. p. 249. 



A small shrub, generally prostrate, the branches naked near the 

 ^ase ; the leaves somewhat crowded towards the summit, coriS' 

 eeous, with the margins inflected, serratures fine, remote, acute, 

 terminated, in the young leaf, with a decii^tious awn. I'lowers fre- 

 <l«enTly solitary, white, truit red, eataMe. 



Grows in the mountains of Carelina. Br. Macbride. 

 I'lowers May — Julj. 



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