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BECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Sig^ 



SILENE. Gen. pl 773. 



€aJy X cylhuhlcus. Pe- ] C^z/z/^ cylindrical Pe- 

 tala 5, unguiculata, coro- J tals 5, clAveil, cn>vvn;/4 

 nata nd faucem. Capsn- \ at the throat. Capsule 

 la a-locularis. | 3 ceiled. 



J. QutNQUEVULNERA. 



S, hirsiita ; foliis cune- | . ^ irsute ; leaves cune- 

 ato-o!)longis, sunimis li- | ate oblong;, the upper 

 nearihus ; petalis subro- | ones linear ; petals near- 

 tui]dis,integemmis;fruc- I Ix round, entire; fruit 

 ti'sus erectis alternis — | erect, alteniatei 

 Mich. 1 p. §72. I 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 691. Pursb, I. p. 315. 



Plant 8—12 inches high, divided from the base, very hairj. Leaves 

 fimall, the lower ones cuneate lanceolate, gradually dimiuishing to- 

 wards the buinmit of the stem. Flowfra axillary, solitary, on s?.ort 

 peduncles. Petals small, of a bright pink colour, with tde border pale. 



Grows near Mr. Middleton's, on Ashley river; Mr. Moulias. Not 

 £ontmon. 



f 



Flow- 



ers 



2. FiMBRiATA. Bald 



S. caule pubescente ; 

 foliis obovatis, ciliatis ; 

 petalis nmjusculisjfinibrj- 

 atis, albis. B. 



fetem pubescent ; leaves 

 obovate, ciliate ; petals 



lai'ge, fimbriate, white. 



Sfe?n 6 ~8 inches high. The two upper pair of haves generally 

 small, lanceolate, pubescent. Flowers generally 3, m a terminal 



fascicle. 



^ A beautiful little plant, highly meriting the attention of the florist 



Grows in low rich nak land on Flint river, near the Creek Agency, 

 flowers April— May. 



3 Pe>jns\lvanica. Mich. 



S. viscido-pubescens ; 

 foliis radicalibus cunea- 

 tis, caulinis lanceolatis : 



Pubescent, visdd ; radi- 

 cal leaves cuneate, stem 

 leaves lanceolate ; pmi- 



l?anieulis trichotomisj ter- j cles tricliotonious; teinit 



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