526 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNtA, 



talis obovatis. Isevissinie I vate, slightly emar.'tinataj 

 emarginatis ; stylis longi- styles as 



lung 



as t 



in- 



tiidine staminum inteiio- 



Tu n I 



E. 



? 



stigmatibus obtusis 



terior stamens 

 obtuse. 



^ 



sliginaS 



Sp, pU 2. p. 800. Mich. 1 p* S9. Pursh, 1, p. S22* 



Sf^iji branching, prostrate, creeping. Leaves glabrous on thft upper 

 surface, hairy underneath, ciliate. JJmhels axillar^j sometimes 2 

 flowered. Leaves of the cabjx erect, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla smaller 

 than in any other of our specieSj twice as long as the calyx. Interior 

 stamens as long as the calyx. 



Grows around Charleston in great abundance ; is readily knowtl 

 by its prostiate habit. 



Flowers February — Junci. 



_r -■ I 



3. 



RECtJRVA. 



E. 



-.-- ^ 



-* ■ ' L 



O.pilosa; oaule erecto ; 



Hairy ; stem erect i» 



timbelUs folia superanti- umbels longer than the 

 bus ; petalis obtusis ; sta- | leaves ; petals obtuse ; 

 ininlbus calyce longiori- staniens longer than the 

 bus ; stylis brevisaiaiis, I calyx ; styles very short 



recurvis; stigmatibus si m- 



plicibus. 



recurved ; stigmas 



sim- 



E. 



pie. 



Boot perennial ? fibrous, creeping. Ste/m erect, 4 — 8 inches high, 

 rarely branching. Leaves, as in most of our caulescent species, alters- 

 nale near the base of the stem, in verticillate clusters, where it begins 

 to bear flowers ; leaflets deeply obcordate, hairy along the margin and 

 on the under surface. Umbels axillary, opposite and verticilla Cj 

 2—6 flowered. Petals obovate, twice or three times as long as the 

 caljx. stamens all longer than the calyx. Styles not halt as long 

 as tv.e shorter stamens, recurved, projecting between the filaments. 



Grows in cultivated land. Very common near Charleston, inter- 

 niinii;led with the O. stricta, with which it has been c 



Flowers April — May. 



nfounded 



4. 



Stricta. 



O. pilosa ; caule erec- 



to, raiiioso ; 



tiolis Ion.Q;ioribus ; peta. 



Hairy ; stem erects 



lis ubovaiis ; stylis tongi- 



tud'me staminum interio- 

 Tum. 



iimbellispe' ( branching; umbels longer 



than the petioles ; petals 



ol)Dvate ; styles as 



Ions; 



as the interior stamens 



Sp. pU 2. p. 800. Walt. p. 143, JVIich. 2. p. SQ, Parsh, 1. p. S25.' 



