#14t DECANDHIA TRIGYNIA. 



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i: Officinalis. 



S. calydbus cylindri- | Calyx cylindrical ; leaves 

 CIS ,• foliis ovato-lanceola- | ovate lanceolate, 

 tis. Sp. pi. 2. p. 067. 



Pursh, I. p. 314. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stems }^~18 inches high, terete, gk- 

 brous. X^ares opposite, connate, entire, 3 nerved, glabrous, flow- 

 ersm clustered panicles, white, tinge-l with pink, frequently double. 



A foreifrn plant, now conapletely naturalixed in the upper districts 

 or : t 'ouna and Georgia. 



Flowers through the summer. 



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rUCUBALUa Gen. PL. 77i: 



Cah/x fnflatus. Petala \ Calyx inflated. Petals 

 5, un^uiculara, absque I .5,clawed, without a ere wft 

 corona ad faucem. Cap- at the throat. Capsule a 

 sn/a 3-locuIaris. [ celled. 



C. pubescens, erectus ; [ Pul)escent, erect ; leave* 

 foholis quaterno-verti- \ verticillate by fours 

 cilldtis, ovali-lanceolatis, | lanceolate, with 

 lor.gjssime acuminatis.— | acumination. 

 Sp pi. 2. p. 686. 



Mich. 1 p. 271. Pursh, 1. p. 315. 



Hoot perennial. Stem herbaceous, about two feet high. Lea^'^^ 

 remote, sessile and united at base. Flowers in lax terminal pani- 

 cles. Hart.a! peduncles nearly an iach long. Cahj.r inflated, 5 part- 

 eci, with the segments acuminate. Petals obovate, somewhat fimbri- 

 ate, white, with claws as long as the calyx. Filaments and .fyle^f 

 Ks^^ corolla, very slender. Capsule superior, globose, gla* 



dan/rt !" J''^ "?^^?'^ *\^' "PP^'" districts of Carolina in great abart- 

 dante ; not found along the sea coast. 



*iowe» June— Aumist. 





