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iJODECANDDlA MONOGYNIA. 



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Racemosa. 



B. foliis ovato-lanceo- 



latis, glabris 



floi'ibus ra- 



Leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late, glabrous; flowers ra- 

 cemoso-paniculatis, ter- | cemose paniculate, tcrmi- 

 minalibus 



do. 



caule hispi- I nal ; stem hispid. 



Pursh, 2. p. 3G2. 



Befaria paniculata, Mich. I. p. 280 



A very handsome shrub, ' 



'5 



- - ^ feet high, erect, branching, hJspiil 



and glutinoug. Leaves perennial, alternate, erect, very entire, a lit- 

 tle hispid on the midrib, glaucous on the under surface. Calya> 

 campanulate; segments very short. Flowers large, white, tinged 

 \vith red, in long simple racemes, on peduncles nearly an inch Ion"- ; 

 m vigorous plants thi racemes branch and become? paniculate. Petals 

 obovate. Stametis nearly as long as the petals. Style persistent. 

 Capsule globular^ 7 valved, 7. celled. Mich, 



Grows in dry, sandy soils. Cumberland island, Georgia. In gar- 

 dens around Charleston, where it has been frequently introduced, it 



neyei- flourishes. 



■July. 



DECUMAMA. Gen. pi.. 815. 



Cali/x superusj 8 



IS- 



Calyz superior, s 



fidus. Petala 8— 12. Cap- cleft. Petals 8 



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sula 7 



lyspei 



lO-locularis, po- 



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'ma. 



Barbara. 



side 7 

 seeded. 



12. Cap 



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10 celled, many 



D. foliis ovato-oblon- 

 gis, iitrinque acutis, ob- 

 solete serratis. Willd. 

 enum. p. ^i^. 



Leaves ovate 



oblong, 



ly 



end. slight- 



Sp. pU 2. p, 850. Pursh, 1. p, 328. 



BUm climbing. Flowers in corymbose panicles, white, very fra*' 



grant. Pursh. 



. This species I have never seen 



I have examined belong to the D. 



Grows in Carolina. Pursh, 



flowers Julj*— August. 



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