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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNJA. Rhexia. 
rubella. 
exalbida. 
ciliosa. 
virginica . 
7-nervia. 
glabella . 
Alifanus. 
stricta. 
lutea . 
/3. R. foliis ovali-lanceolatis vel oblongis, floribus dilute ru- 
bellis. Mich. 1. c. 
y. R. foliis linearibus, caule hirsutiore, floribus pallidis» 
Mich. I. c. 
R. lanceolata. Walt.Jl. car. 12g. 
In bogs and sandy woods, near waters : New Jersey to 
Carolina. 7/. July, Aug. v.v. From one to thre« 
feet high j flowers handsome. 
2. R. caule subquadrangulo glabro, foliis parvis subpetiola- 
tis ovalibus subtus glabris, supra rariter hispidis, mar- 
gine distincte ciliatis, floribus subsolitariis involucratis, 
antheris breviusculis.— Mich.fi. amer. 1. p. 221. 
R. petiolata. Walt.Jl. car. 130 ? 
In bogs of Lower Carolina. 7/ . July, Aug. v. s. in 
Herb. Enslen. Flowers large, beautiful purple. 
3. R. caule alato-angulato pilis rarioribus adsperso, foliis 
sessilibus ovali-lanceolatis denticulis setaceis distinctis- 
que ciliato- serratis, hirsutie sparsa utrinque hispidulis. 
Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 222. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 968. Pluk. aim. t. 202. f. 8. Lam . 
illustr. t. 283./ 2. 
j3. R. caule 4-5-pedali. Walt.Jl. car. 130. 
On the edges of ponds, in wet woods and bogs : New 
York to Carolina. 7/. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers 
large, purple, and very handsome. 
4. R. caule cylindraceo glabro, foliis sessilibus erectis lan- 
ceolatis laevibus glabris tenuissime denticulatis, caly- 
cibus brevissime hirsutie glutinosis. Mich.Jl. amer. I* 
p. 222. 
j3. R. foliis subovatis. Walt.Jl. car. 130. 
In sandy moist woods : Carolina and Georgia. 7/ . 
July. v. s. in Herb. Enslen. Flowers the largest of 
the North American sorts, deep purple. 
5. R. caule stricte-erecto alato-tetragono glabro ad genicula 
brevi -barbato, foliis sessilibus erectis angusto-lanceo* 
latis attenuato-acuminatis trinervibus utrinque glabris, 
corymbo dichotomo, calycibus glabriusculis. 
In the bogs of Lower Carolina and Georgia. 7/ . June, 
July. v. s. in Herb. Enslen. Flowers very handsome, 
purple. 
6. R. caulequadrangulo hirsuto, foliis rariter longiusculeque 
hirsutis, inferioribus cuneato-oblongis obtusis, supe- 
rioribus lanceolatis, antheris breviusculis. Mich. JL 
amer. 1. p. 222. Walt.Jl. car . 130. 
