64 ADLUMIA. 



leaves small, flowers fe »v. Linneus says in Ca- 

 nada Aquosis^ stem Jfgital. I have found his 

 real sp. unknown to many botanists who mistake 

 the next for it. 



Var. 1. Minima^ biuncial, few leaves on 

 short petiols. Figures, Autikon Raf. 



a. A. GLABERiMA Raf. Med, fl. {Urtica pu- 

 mila^ Mx and all our botanists except Elliot.) — 

 Stem round fleshy pellucid ; leaves on long pe- 

 fiols, oval acuminate, lucid, serrate : corymbs 

 dichotomous multiflore. — The most common 

 species all over the U. States, stem one or 

 two feet high, thick often diaphanous ! leaves 

 large extremely smooth. — Var. ramosa, stem 

 and corymbs branched. — Autikon Raf. 



3. A. LANCEOLATA Raf. {Urtica pumila El- 

 liot) stem obtusely quadrangular, fleshy and 

 branched; leaves on long petiols, lanceolate 

 acuminate, serrate, with some hairs above ; co- 

 rymbs multiflore, some recurved. — Stem pedal 

 branching from the base. In Carolina, Elliot's 

 description is original ; but his diagnosis bor- 

 rowed to make it agree with the last. 



4. A. RHOMBoiDEA Raf. Stem round dwarf, 

 branched at the base ; leaves on long petiols, 

 ovate rhomboidal or subdeltoid, base entire, end 

 with obtuse point, sides crenate serrate not cili- 

 olate; corymbs multiflore often foliolate and 

 recurved. 



In Kentucky, rare, stem 6 to 8 inches, near 

 to A pumila^ but larger stem and leaves, peti- 

 ols equal to leaves except on branches. Seen 

 alive. — Figure, Autik. Raf. 



ADLUMIA Raf. 1808, Dec. Beck. Noticed 

 as a genus as early as 1804 in the garden of 

 the collector Adlum, and alsointhe Alleghanies 

 at Peter's Mt. only indicated in 1808, since well 



