SraO DECANDBIA DECAGYNIA- 



Iiiscens, 4-locuIaris, cus- I ternally, 4 celled, cuspi- 

 pidatajIocullssub4-sper- date 5 cells generally f 



mis 



ded 



1. PusiLLA. Nuttall, i. p. S93. 



Sedum pusillum, Mich. 1. p. 276. Pursh, 1. p. 323r 



Annual. Stem 2 — 4 inches high, succulent. Leaves alternate) 



somewhat terete. Cymes trichotomously or verticillately divided 



from the base of the stem. Flowers alternate and pedicillate, octan- 



drous, white. Capsules 4, connate, with lone: mucronate divergin* 

 points. Nuttall. ' v, ^ b c ^, 



Grows on the Flat Rock near Camden, South-Caro^na^ 

 Flowers 



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BE a AG Ym A 





PHYTOLACCA. Gen. pl. 800. 



Calyx 0. Petala5,csi-\ Calyx o. Petals 5, r^- 

 lycma. jBgccc supera, i o- scmbling a calyx. Ber- 

 iQcularis, lO-sperma. ?•?/ superior, 10 celled, i(h 



1. D 



seeded. 



^ P. foliis ovato-lanceo- | Leaves ovate lancep* 

 lis, utnnque acutis ; flori- late, acute at each end ; 

 bus decandns, decagynis. flowers decandrous, de- 



I cagynous. 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 822. Waltp 143. Mich. 1. p. 278. Pursh, 1. p. 324. 



hillLeTe^ d'ro?''^* *""f "'•"' Perennial. Stem annual, 4-10 feet 

 ly decrrrent^i^^^^^ succulent, sometimes a little angled by the slight, 

 tfmes acTmtna?. Vlir ^''^ P.^^'^^*^^' ^'"'''^ alternate, entire, some- 

 filmDe raceme nSlt-r!', ^'f ^^ «" *^^ upper surface Flowers in 

 StZ^^^ll f ' T''^^ *¥ ^^^^'^*- Petals ovixte, wliite. persistent. 



Irows in cu ivatc7?rS ' V.'''^* ^"'^ ^'''^^'' 



¥lo»i*.r« M,J^ a .^ u . ^ery common. 



riowers May— Scptembci'. ■• p^^^ ^j^rr^ 



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