BECAKDRIA PENTAttYNlA, 



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CHElLUM. M 



[im ; taulibus 

 'gentibus ; foliis spar- 

 linearibus, obtusis : 



Glabrous : stems 



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obtuse : cvme ma 



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cyma polystachy 



fto 



bus 



libus, octandris 



ny spiked ; fit 

 sile, octandrou 



ses 



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Mich. 1. p. 277. f'ursli, 1. p. 323. 



Lpwer leaves oblong oval. Spikes when in flower expanding and 



recurved, when bearing fruit erect. Flowers octandrous, purpl©. 

 Mich, '^ 



Grows In the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Muhlenberg. 

 Flowers • o 



3. 



Ternatum. 



Mich. 



S, rppens ; foliis planis, 



Creeping ; leaves, jflat, 



rotundato.spathulatisjter- round spathulate, 



by 



nis 5 cyma subtristachya ; | threes ; cyme generally 



3 spiked 5 flowers white. 



floiibus albidis. 



Mich. 1. p. 2 



* 4 • 



Pursli, 1. p, 524. 



Plant small, creeping. Lower leaves rounded, the upper lanceolate. 



Flowers white, sessile j the upper or terminal floret decandrous, the. 

 others octandrous- 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. 

 Flowers May — ^June. 



3. 



Telepiiioides. 



Mich. 



S. fohfs lato-Ianceola- 



Leaves broad lanceo- 



tis, utrinque acutis, den- | late, acute at each end, 

 talis ; corymbis multiflo- dentate ; corymbs many 



ris. 



flowered. 



Mich 



Pursh, 1. p. 324. 



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Stem branching. Leaves alternate, sometimes oval. Corymbs ter- 

 minal, many parted, the divisions short, fon^ing a compact, almost 

 globular corymb. Corolla pale purple. 



Grows on'the Saluda mountains. Dr. Macbrldc. 



Flowers June— August. 



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DIAMORPHA. NuTTALL. 



Calyx 4.fidus. Petala 



% Capsula externe de- 



T 3 



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Cait/x 4 cleft. Petals 

 Capsule opening ex- 



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