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DODECINDRIA DJGYNIA, 



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valibup, dentatis, supra 

 scabris, subtus vi loss ; 

 spicis virgatis ; fructibus 



turbinatis, basi laevibus. 

 E. 



eval, dentate, scahroug, 

 on the upper, villous on, 

 the lower surface ; spikes 

 virgate ; fruit turbinate, 

 smooth at base. 



Sp. pi 2. p. 875. Mich. 1. p. 287. Pursh, 1. p. 335. 



Soot perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet h'l^h, hirsute. 

 JLeaflets generally 5 — 7, oval when fullj grown, frequently lanceolate 

 when young, ribbed, sessile and rather obtuse at base, alternating 

 with small, 3 cleft leaflets. Spikes long, slender, terminal and axilla- 

 ry, sometimes forming panicles "' . . ■ . . 



hickly 



penor 



Flowers on very short peduncles, 

 . ^ "oundcd just below the border with 



thick, hooked bristles. Petals yello^v, oval, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Stamens 12, shorter than the corolla. Crerm si ' '' 



the persistent calyx, %;es 2, shorter than thg stamens. Stigmai 

 capitate ,• pericarp composed of the tube of the calyx, hispid around 

 the summit. 



Grows in cultivated land. Very common. 

 Flowers July — September. 



2. 



Sua 



Pursh 



A. cairte hispidissimo 



foliis interrupte pinnatis 

 foliolis pi 



Stem very hispid 



ptedly 



pinnate 



J 



leaflets numerous, nar 



lanceolatis, argute denta- row, lanceolate, acutel/ 

 tis, supra scabris, subtus I dentate, scabi 

 pubescentibus ; spicis vir- 

 gatis ; fructibus turbinatis. 



upper, pubescent 



the 

 th 



basi laevibus 



E. 



under 

 virgate 



spikes 

 fruit turbinate. 



surface 



Pureh, l.p. 336. 



smooth at base 



15); 



^utZt~^ feet high, very hispid. Leaflets numerous (11 - 

 acute at bas.. «,.«. a^^ ^^^jj j^^^^^^^ ^^ J^^^^^ ^.^^^ interposed I)* 



Peduncles lono-«»r *hnn fln^cfl /if fh« Drecedin 



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iwoon *1,^ u " ''•"ail icaiicLs oi uncquat sizes inieip": 



species. Corona yellow, about twice as lon^ as the calyx. 



Grows about 6 miles from Charleston ? Collected ofl the coD&^es 



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