€^4 



Calyx persistent. 



DECANDRtA PTlNTAGVIfrA* 



7W«Z5 oblong, obtuse, a little longer than the ca* 

 -^ ... ^.«..,*.t. w* c».c evening, thickened at base,' persistent, Stammi 

 ^^ long as the caljx, inserted at the base of the jrerm. Styles very 



short or 0. "'^' ... .. - -- :>. . J 



^hgm 



a sfrr^n^ microscope appearing; a little rough. 

 . G .O'vvs i > fields and pastures. Very eomman: 

 Flowers March— April. 



Seed very small, under 



CKRASTIUM. Gen. pl. 797^ 



C^ahjx 5.phyllus. Pe 

 tain 5. bifida aut emargi 

 'nata. Capaula l-locula 

 ris, apice dentatim dehis 

 cens. 



i. ViSCOSUM. 



C. hirsutuni, viscosum, 



( 'a Ivx 

 5, 2 cicft 

 Capsule { 

 aiid tooti 

 niit. 



P. 



polled, opening 



d at the sum- 



diffusuni ; foliis Janceo- 

 lato-oblongis, obtusiuscu. 



lis 



pe 



ob 



u,tis, ca- I bovate, 



Hirsute, viscous, diffuse 

 ?aves obloi 



obtuse ; petals o- 



» 



flo 



h Ion 



than the calyx; flovve 



shorter than' the pedu 

 cle. 



lyce vix longiorlbus 



ribus pedunculo brevio 

 bus. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 812. Pursh, ] 

 Pu?^]?^^ ^" pastures and on old walh, fiom Canada to Carolina^ 

 Flowers May—September. 



p. 32 



''"O. 



2. 



H 



C.hirsutissimumjfoH- 

 ovalibus, obtusis, conna 



tis; floribu^ glomeratis 



pctah's bifidis, cdyce acu 

 to pauIo longioribus. 



C. semidecandrum, Walt, n 



Muhl. Cat 



Very 



y 



leaves 



oval, obtuse, connate ; 

 flowers clustered ; pett^ls 

 2 cleft, a little longer than 

 the acute calyx. 



^mlTJVZ t^' branchmg, fistulous. Uaves very obtuse, some- 

 ea^^' ditkl 'nf '"''^^- r^^^ ^^'^"•^^ i° terminal clusters, one m 

 S!e intPr." 5 ^ ^""^ J'ch«to,nous panicle. Calux persistent, f^ 

 i^Hte t« :i ^'"T""^ 'tiemhranaceous. Petals oblong, expancitng' 

 onelooL'lf \r^, ^^ *'^^ «t^'»en.s. .'^,;„ens unequal, ti.e s!i.»^t 



<»nea opposite to the long ones, alternatlni^ with the petals, all insert- 



