506 DEGANDRIA MONOGYNrA, 



lyx, many celled (8). Style longer than the corolla and stamens* 

 Stigma obtuse. 



Grows in rich, light soils. More common in the upper districts of 

 Carolina and Georgia than in the lower. 

 Fio\r«r» ApriL 



J9. PULVERULENTUM. MlCh. 



S. foliis ovalibus, acu- I Leaves oval, acute, to- 

 ils, subtus tomentosis ; | mentose underneath ; ra- 

 racemis lateralibus, pau- cemes lateral, few flow, 

 cifloris, foliosis. E. [ ered, leafy. 



Mich. 2, p. 41. 



A small shrub, with creeping roots, growing in small clumps and 

 rarely exceeding 18 inches in height, ieaues nearly sessile, serrU' 

 ^ate, a little hairy on the upper surface; pubescence, as in the pre- 

 ceding species, stellular. Flowen on small lateral branches, axilla- 

 ry and terminal. Corolla smaller than in the S. grandifolium, wliitei 

 and very fragrant, 



I have very rarely seen more than 2 terminal flowers on each ra- 

 mp. 



ceme. 



Grows in flat pine barrens. Common on the south side of the Ca- 

 nouchie river, 6—8 miles above its junction with the Ogeechee* I 

 Save never seen it north of the Savannah river^ 



Flowers March— April. 



3. Leve. Walt. 



S. foliis lanceolatis, u. | Leaves lanceolate, acu- 



tiinque acuminatis, serra- | minate at each end, ser- 



tis, glabris ; racemis lat- rate, glabrous ; racemes 



eralibus, foliosis. E. | lateral, leafy. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 624. 



I* £^:"^1'^^_*»\!- P- ^^- ^•"'•^h, 2. p. 450, 



Walt 



Leave. 



irub, 4—6 feet high ; branches virgate, slightly geniculate. 



, particularly tovyards the extremities of the branches, motle- 

 mely large (2—3 inches long, 1-1 i wide), thick, opaque, with acute, 

 strong, irregular serratures. Racemes, or branches, frequently »b 



>;.?„i u i' ^'[j'^f y *"^ terminal. Corolla white, tomentosc 

 •'''Mr globular, 1 celled. 



CharTe!ton'°n£*''fK'"r ^'"' ?/ 'T'^^P'.* ^» Carolina, r-8 miles fr*"^ 



vnarieston, near the Goo^s Creek road. 

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