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ICOSANDRIA POLYGVNIA. 



CALYCANTHUS. Gen. pl. 870 



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Coljix urcei 

 perne multifid 

 rosus, laciniis 

 coloratis. Corolla 



li plurimi. Semi 



s, su- 



quar. 

 petaloideis 



plu- 



Cafux urceolate, many 



ft above 



squ 



» 



ed, 



gments 



blirig petals 



nma, iiuda, laevia, intra Seeds 



Vomlla 0. Styles many 



merous 



cem 



veiitricosum 



succulentum. 



ooth 



, naked, 



ed in a 



ventricose succulent 



1. 



Flori 



ceolatisj folii 



bus, acutis, subtu 

 tosis ; 



Wilid. 



calvcis Ian- 



Segments of the calyj 



lanceolate ; leaves wide 

 oval, acute, tonientos« 



raniis patentibus. underneath 



branches 



expanding. 



Pursh. 1. p. S57. Nutt. 1. p. 312. 



Sp. pi 2. p. 1119 Mich. l.p.305 

 C. sterilis. Walt. 1. p 151. 



A shrub 3—7 feet high, erect, vjrgate, stoloniferous, the joung 

 branches pubescent. Leaves opposite, sometimes acuminate, eDtire, 

 on short petioles. Fhxvi'rs solitary, axillary and terminal, on short 

 branches. The petaloid segments of the cabjx disposed nearly in 2 

 series. Filaments minutely pubescent, the interior generally without 

 anthers. Capsule turbinate, as k:u;e as a small pear, becoming dry 

 HfUh the seeds loose, but never opening. Setd& ov:il, Iar«e. 



Grows in fertile soils, along rivulets. Not rare in the upper dis- 

 tricts of Carolina and Georgia j very rare in the lower. 



Flowers April 



Sweet-scented Shrub 



S. I 



E 



C 



laciniis caly 



li. 



neari-lanceolatis, pubes 



centibus ; fohi 



tis, supra scaberrin 



tentibusque, subtus 

 bus 



E. 



Segments of the calyx 

 linear lanceolate, pubes- 



leaves lanceolate, 



cent 

 scabrous and 



> 



upper, smooth 



» 



ramis patentibus. lower surface : branches 



-1 



A shrub, .^^ 



bearing when joung 



pandin 



o 



thoag 



h 



C3 y 



Leaves 



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