

DECAKDBIA TRIGYNIA. '51^ 



\$^. OvATA. Pursli. 



S. foliis ovato-lanceo- I Leaves ovate lancccK 

 'latis, acuminatis, glabrius- | late, acumitiate, nearly 

 culis ; racemo terminali, I smooth ; raceme termi. 

 composito ; calycibus o- ( nal, compound ; calyx o- 

 Vatis; genitalibus exertis; vate ; stamens and styles 

 canle simplici. Pursh, 1. ( exserted; stem simple. 

 p. 316. 



Floioers white, or pale red. 



Grows in the western parts of Georgia and .Carolina. Describe'^ 

 i|^om specimens in the herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks. 



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Leaves narrow, spathu- 

 late lanceolate, cJliate ; 

 panicles dichotomous ; 



6. An'Tirrhina. 



S foliis angustis, spa- 

 thulato-lanceolatis, cilia- 

 tis ; paniculis dichotomis ; 



petalis parvulis, bifidis ; I petals small, 9 cleft ; sta* 

 staminibus inclusis. E. I mens included. 



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Sp. pi. 2. p. 702. Walt. p. 141. Pursh, 1. p. 316. 



Annual. Stem 1 — 2 feet hi;;h, pubescent near the base, sometimes 

 'spotted. Lower leaves spathulate, pubescent along the midrib. Pan^ 

 icle dichotomous, with a flower in each division. Calyx 10 nerved, 

 nerves alternately larger. Corolla frequently wanting ; when present 

 small, white, 2 clett, expanding rn t)je evening* Stamens nearly as 

 long as the calyx, 5 sometimes abortive- Seed dotted. 



In our species the capsules are not distinctly 3 celled, the inflect- 



ed margins of the valves are connected at base with the central re 

 ceptacle, but the partition rarely extends to the summit of tjie cap^ 



•sule. 



Grows in most soils; at Ogeechee commons 

 JFlowers March — April. 



STELLARIA. Gen. fl. 77S. 



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€alyx 5-phyllus, pa- I Calyx 8 leaved, ex- 

 tens. Petala 5, bipartita. | panding. Petals 5, two 



Capsula ovata, i-locula- I parted. Capsule ovate> 

 ris, polysperma^ I 1 celled, many seeded. 



I. Pdbera. 



S. pubescens ; foliis | Pubescent ; leaves ses--. 



LS ; foliis I 



is, ciliatis ; [ si 



tesillibusj pvatis, ciliatis; I sile, ovate, ciiiate j pe(ft- 



