RHEXIA MARIANA. 



MARYLAND RHEXIA. 



(Generic Character, $c. 4*c. seepage 13 of this ivork.) 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Hirsute ; leaves lanceolate, acute at each end, 3-nerved ; calix tubular, nearly glabro us. Mich. 



A perennial plant, from one to two feet high ; stem erect, 

 sub-terete, hirsute, channelled. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, serrate, 

 ciliate. Flowers situated in the fork and termination of the branches. 

 Calix urceolate, purplish, slightly hirsute with stellated hairs, per- 

 sistent, including the capsule. Segments long, reflexed. Petals fu- 

 gacious, irregularly ovate, or oval, hairy externally, peach-blossom 

 red, or white dilated with rose red. Filaments as in R. Virginica, 

 inserted into the rim of the calix. Anthers yellow, long, slightly 

 arcuate, opening above. Style larger than the stamens. Seeds nu- 

 merous, attached umbilically to a central receptacle. Grows in 

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