1>B€ANDRIA TBIGVNIA. 



531 



Voot perennial. Stem 6 



base, forniini; thick t 



■em 6 10 inches high, much cUvnlefl near 

 ufts, simple towards the sun^inlt, ;>ubesc 



the 

 cent. 



. . ,. ... "<*»•• thp ba^e, distant on the stem. ^Mhn- 



Jat,', expanding, r.gid, glabrous. Panicle small, terminal, with the 

 brancnes generally tnflorous. Leaves of tlie cali/Jt^ ovate, rather :,b. 

 tuse, glabrous. Petals much longer than the calyx, obovaie, white. 

 iitawens Hcarly as long as the petals. Styles with the germ as long 

 S« ^le stamens. Capsule ovate, longer than the caljx. 



Grrows on the dry sand hills in the middle ceuntrj. 



Flowers April — June. 



6, 



Str 



?cr*. 



A glabra ; fbliis siihu- 

 lato-iinearihus, erectls ; 

 panii'ulapauciflora; peta- 

 lis calyce ariitissimo stri- 

 atoque niiilto longioribus. 

 Mich. 1. p. 







Glabrous : leaves sub- 

 ulate linear, erect ; p»'u 

 icle few flowered ; petals 

 much longer than the a^ 

 cute and streaked cai^Xi 



Pursh, I. p. 31 Si 



Hoot perennial. Stems clustered, erect, 4—6 inches high I avei 

 ;nore linear than in tlie preceding species, erect, and not so nick 

 prowded near the base. Leaves of the catyjc very acme, conspic\P 

 .Qiislj streaked or nerved. Capsule shoritr? t.mn'iht ca,\yx.t 



Foujul by ' Ir. Ljon, on the iijountains of Carolina. 



"lowers Maj— June. Pursh. 



BRUNN!CHfA. Gen. pL 777. 



Calyx l-phyUus, de- 



Calyx I leaved, when 



Jnnni coriaceus, angula- old coriaceousi. angled, 5. 



tus, 5-fidus. Corolla 0. 



citft. 



Corolla 0. 



Cup^ 



supera, i-locula- 1 sule superior, i celled, * 



seeded. 



I 



Capsula 



^s, 1 -sperm a, 



Midi. I. p. 2ri, Parsh, L p. 273, 

 Rajania ovata, Walt p. 247 



A perennial plant, climbing over shrubs and small trees. Stew an-- 

 giea. Leaves alternate, cordate, acute, entice, ;{at5i\ : 

 R^ttoles, Flowers in terminal panicles, g;eneraHy turning fo one: 

 ('^Li?'* t'^e branches of the panicle* growing In ? all clusters 

 ili ^^*^'*^ ^^^^* ^^^' ^^*^^i^^ small, ovate, mucrojidte, pr^i-sisv 



«Gt, protecting each bud 8egmeat3 of the ca/vj: oval* iitamin^ 



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