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ICOSANDRIA DI — PENTAG^NIA. 



CUPHEA. X.CQUIN. 



Calif 

 bu]()su 



6 



dentatus 



Caly 



venfricose, tir^ 



bular, 

 equal 



12 



d 



inspqualis. Petala «, in- 

 5eq:!alia, calyci inserta. 

 Cnpmla i-l(»cu1aris, cutn I Capsule 



Petals 6, unequdl 

 d on the calvx. 



J 



hi 



yce loiigitudinalilerde 



lyx bursting longitudi 



1. 



\ 



nally 



C viscosa; foliis op 



Viscid ; leaves oppo 



posi IS, petiolatis, ovato- | site, petiolate, ovate ob 



obi 



floribus dod 



candris* lat 



soli- 



>ng 



fl 



dodecaii 



tarjis, brevissime pedim 



culai 



Pursh, l.p 



drous, lateral, solitary 

 sliort peduncles. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 870. Mich. I. p. £81. Nutt. 1. p. 304. 



Leav s smooth, 

 Stamens inserted 



A small herbareous plant, rarely exceeding 18 inches in height, 

 branching, decumbent and erect, hairy and viscid, 

 entire Calyx cylindrical, striate. Petals purple, 

 in the throat of the calyx. Capsule oblong. Seedsi few, lenticular, 

 mibncate. The tapsuh \s ^^nd to burst before the seed is mature, . 

 Which then ripens while naked and exposed to the atmosphere. 



Urows along the mountains. Collected near the «aluda mountains, 

 by Dr. .'facbnde. 



Flowers July 



DTI 



BI^PEXTAGYNM. 



\ 



FOTHERGILLA. 



Calyx inferus, trunca- 



tus, obsolete crenatus. 

 Corolla 0. Fihimenta 



tonga, clavata. Germen 



Gen. PL. 025. 



Cahjx inferior, trun- 

 cate, obscurely crenate 



i 'o roll a 



0, 



long, clavate. 



Fihiments 



Germ 5* 



