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ones entire, or sliijhtly ilontate. Flouvm axillary, opposite, on very short pe- 

 duncles. Calyx with subulate secnients. 



Yellow. '2^ July— Sept. Upper district Car. &, Ga. 2-3 feet. 



10 G Qt • !A. 6Vem erect, branching, obtusely aniiled, purple. Up- 

 per lea\cs 1 . 1 i\ scabrous ; lower loaves piniiatiful, with acute, toothed 

 seJTfnents. i-Vou^rs axillary, on short peduncles. C"///t pubescent. Corolla 

 pubeJ«cent on the inner surface, veutricose. Anthirs hairy. 



Yellow. % May — Sept. Rich soils, common. 



11 G Pkdicx:laria. Stem erect, branching from the base, purple, viscid, 

 densely pul>escent. l^avvs oblong, sessile, irregularly dissected, serrate. — 



.lary, on short peduncles ; segments oTthe calyx foliaceous. Cor- 



VcUow. Jul) — Sept. Pine barrens, common. 

 Genus XII SEYMERIA. 



Cah/x deeply 5-cleft. Corolla cainpanuliite, equally 5-cieft. 

 Siamcns 4, inserted into tiie throat of the corolla. Capsule 

 ovate, ventricose,2. ceiled, 2-valved, many seeded, dehiscing at 

 the sutiiinit. 



1 S Tencifolia. Stem erect, glabrous, much branched, rough. Leavex 

 opposite, sessile, coinpoundly pinnatifid, with filiform segments. Idowcrs ax- 

 illary, on rather short peduncles. Calyx with subulate segments. Corolla 

 with short tube, pubescent. 



Yellow and purple. Q Aug. — Sept. Low country. 3-4 ft 



2 S FectinaA- Stem much branched, viscidly pubescent, obtusely an- 

 gled. Lower leaves peciinately pinnatifid, with the segments linear, entire ; 

 upper ones smaller, and often entire. Floitxrs on axillary peduncles. Cor- 

 olla with a short lube. 



Yellow. O Aug.— Sept. Middle Georgia. 2-4 feet. 



Order LXXXIV. OROBANCHE.E. 



Calyx divided, persistent. Corolla hypogynous, persistent. 

 Stamens 4 didynainoiis. OiY/rt/ superior, witii parietal placen- 

 tae. Style I. Stigma 2.Iohed. /•>«/< a capsule, 1 -celled, 2- 

 valved, with one or two placentae in the middle of the valves. 

 Seed numerous, minute. Herbaceous, parasitic plants. — 

 Leaves hrown, or colorless scales. 



CIenus I OROBA^XHE. 



Calyx 4-5.cleft, segments unequal. Corolla ringent. Cap. 

 stile ovate, l-cclled. Seed numerous, with a gland beneath 

 the base of the germ. 



1 O Americana. 51fem simple, thick, covered with ovate-lanceolate scales. 

 Flovcert in spikes, terminal. Corolla recurved. Stamens exserted. 



Cancer-rooL 

 Brownish yellow. % July— Aug. Rich soils. 6-8 in. 



2 O U.viflora- Stem erect, short, numerous from each root, covered with 

 •mooth, rnnrave scales- Scape 1-fljweicd, 4-6 inches long, pubescent. — 

 CoroUa ''ong, oval lobea, with a pubescent margin. 



BI. ..:e. 1\. May — July. f*ine barrens. 



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