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2. A. permolle, Don. Stem erect (2 -3), branching, smooth or soft- 

 downy ; leaves long-petiuled, cordate or oblong-cordate, acuminate, unequally 

 crenate, velvety on both .surfaces and hoary beneath, or roughish above; 

 peduncles solitary in the upper axils, 1 -flowered, about the length of the peti- 

 oles, or the upper ones longer ; lobes of the calyx ovate or oblong, shorter 

 than the yellow petals; carpels 8 -10, rigid, hairy, longer than the calyx, 

 acute or beaked, 3 seeded. South Florida. Flowers 9"- 12" wide. 



3. A. pedunculare, IIBK. Shrubby, velvety -toraeutose ; leaves loiig- 

 petioled, round-cordate, acuminate, crenate, canescent beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, as long as the petioles; calyx-tube plicate; petals "rose-color," 

 renexed, twice as long as the calyx; carpels about 20, mucronate, villous, 3- 

 9 seeded. South Florida (Miss Reynolds). Stem 2- 6 high. Petals 10" 

 long. 



4. A. Indicum, Don, var. hirtum, Griseb. Stem pilose, 2 -4 high , 

 leaves cordate, acuminate, unequally-toothed, villous above, white-velvety be- 

 neath ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; corolla orange-yellow, the centre dark brown, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; carpels 10 or more, as long as the calyx, 

 acuminate, pilose, 3 - 9-seeded ; seeds warty. Coast and Keys of South 

 Florida. 



5. A. crispum, Gray. Hoary -tomentose ; stem erect, the lower branches 

 long and trailing; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, finely crenate; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered, elongated, filiform, refracted after flowering; carpels 10, 

 beakless, inflated, corrugated, hispid, 2 seeded. South Florida. Stem slen- 

 der, 1 - 2 high. Leaves 1 ' - 2' long, the upper ones nearly sessile. Peduncles 

 as long as the leaves, i'iowers 4" -6" wide, yellow. 



6. MODIOLA, Mcencli. 



Involucel 3 leaved, persistent. Stamens 10-20. Ovaries 14-20, trans 

 versely 2-celled, each cell 1 ovuled. Stigmas capitate. Carpels 2-valved. 2- 

 seeded, separating at maturity from each other and from the central axis, 

 each valve tipped with a slender spine. Prostrate herbs, with palmatelv 

 divided leaves, and small axillary flowers. 



1. M. multifida, Ma-ncli. Hirsute; stems diffuse ; leaves long-petioled, 

 cordate-ovate, more or less deeply 5 - 7 parted ; the divisions lobed and toothed ; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles; carpels hispid. Waste places, Florida 

 to North Carolina and westward. July - Oct. 2/ Sems l-2 long. 

 Earliest leaves orbicular, undivided. Petals red, as long as the calyx. 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Involucel 5- 15-leaved, persistent. Ovaries 5, 1 -celled, 1 -ovuled. Stigmas 

 10, capitate. Carpels iudehiscent or somewhat 2-valved, naked or armed at 

 the apex with three hispid awns, separating at maturity. Embryo incurved. 

 Radicle inferior. Chiefly shrubs, witli petioled stipulate leaves, and solitary 

 flowers on axillary peduncles. 



1. P. Lecontei, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched, roughish-pubes- 

 cent ; leaves ovate or somewhat sagittate, obtusely toothed, densely pubescent 



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