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IIECANDIMA TRTGYNTA 



iriinalibus ; petalis ohtu I nal ; petals very obfus^ 

 sissimis, leviter crenatis. | sliglitly crenate. 



Mich. 1. p. 272. Pursh, 1. p. 316 

 S. Caroliniana, Walt. p. 142. 



JZoof fibrous, perennial. Stem 8~I0inches higli,divided from the base,- 

 and trequentlj decumbent. Radical leaves i>— 5 inches long ; leaves 

 «t the stem connate : all entire. Flowers in small, terminal panicles^ 

 Calux shghtlj ventricose, with the border 5 cleft and erect. Claws 

 €>f th. petals rather longer than the calyx, producing, where the? be- 

 gin to dilate, a 2 lobcd, coloured leaflet, forming the crown whiclt dis- 

 tinguishes this genus: border expanding, obovate. Filaments 10^ 

 longer than the calyx, o inserted into the claws of the petals, 5 alter- 

 nating with the petals, coaljting with them at base. Germ superior.. 

 fotyles shorter than the stamens. Stigmas simple. Capsule 3 valvedv- 

 Seeds numerous, attached to a central receptacle. 



Var. a. rosea; with the petals of a beautiful rose-colour. 



b.alba; with the petals white. 

 ^'•ow8--fl on the south side of Ashley river, 15 miles from Charley 

 ©)n — 6, Bucks county, Georgia. 

 Flowers April. 



4. ViRCINlCA. 



S. ^ viscido-pubescens ; ] Pubescent, viscid ,• leaves 

 Cmiolis oblongo-lanceola- oblong lanceolate, >^ith 

 tis, margine asperis ; pan- the margin rough ; pan'- 

 iculis dichotoniis ; petals f cles dichotomous ; petals 

 bifidis ; staminibus exer- j 2 cleft ; stamens exsertr 



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Sp. pi. 2^ p. 702. Mich. 1 . p. 272. Pursh, 1. p. Sl6, 

 b Catesbffii, Walt. 142. 



Boof perennial Stem generally erect and simple, 12—18 incbes 



«lfJhfW f • "'^^ somewhat connate, lanceolate, acute, tapering at base,- 

 slightly fringed, a little hairj on the under surface. Panicle dicho- 



lpntrl'n«?";£'*'"''^' V^^ ^ ^"'''^^ ^» '^^^ division. Calyx sligbtlf 



ventncose)0 nerved. Petals obovate, deeply 2 cleft, of a bri^M 

 cnmson colour. Stamens much longer' than tfe calyl ' Stigmaslb^ 

 tuse Capsule ventricose, S-5 val v ed. ^ 



dJviJpH (U- ^^'J^'^ varies, with the lobes of the petals entire, and 

 rZtA ^'^^^"'^.*«- ^^alt ) Yet I am not certain that this uame 

 Jh , IL^-'P'^'avm?'' ^^"hlenberg's authority would countenance 

 thi suspicion. Willdenowhowever^refers both his S. Virginica and 

 8. t ateb*. to the same figure in Plukenet. t 203 f. 1. *' 



^lowerrjunT^Tu C^^^^^ '^ ^^ neighbourhood of Charlestcn^ 



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