8Sd 



©E€ANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



generally 10, sometimes 8, rather longer than the calyx. Sttfks> 

 as hiiz as the stamirns. Capsule generally 4 angled^ clothed by the 



{persistent, ventricose, almost woody calyx, and supported l>yadi- 

 ated, curved peduncle. 



^he ensiform peduncle, so uncommon and remarkable in this pknt^ 

 IS almost simple in the flower^ but dilates with the progressive ma- 

 tority f)f the iruit. 



G t>ws at Fort Barringtottj, on the Alatamaha ; Mr. Juyon. j40uiS? 

 inlli ^:»corgia; Mr. Jackson. Carolina; ^'^ '' 



Walt; 



April — May. 



TETRAGYMIJL 



MICROPETALUM. PjaKSOON. 



Calyx 



ten 



phyll 



pa 



g 



Petula 5, minuta 



a. Stig 



Caly 



pand 



g- 



5 leavedj ex« 

 Petals 0. mi' 



mata 4, sessilia 



ia ovata 

 4-valvis. 



caly 



Capsu 

 loiigio 



nute, entire or wanting 



J 



Stigmas 4, 

 sule ovate, 



longer 



Cap- 

 tlian 



1. 



LAKUCilNOSU 



Irx, 4 Yalved 



M. dense pub 



Closely pube 



foliis lanceolatis, in peti- | leaves lanceolate, taper 



ngustatis 



pedun 



g to a petiole ; pe 



dun 



subsohtariis, elonga- | cles generally solitary 



g, finally reflected. 



tis, denmm reflexls 

 rtoiis apetalis. Mich 



Fursh, 1. p.3l9. 



flo 



flowers without petals 



nuginosum, Mich 

 Grows in the raountaina of Virginia 



Flowers June— July. Purah/ 



i 



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