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FOLYAKDIUA POLYGVNXA. 
tis filiformibus ; folio- 
rum segmentis ovatis, 
subtrilobis, margine 
subtus revolutis, sub- 
tus velutino-pubes- 
centibus. De Cand. , 
De Candolle 1. p. 173. 
T. pubescens. Pursh 2. p. 383. 
merits filiform ; seg- 
ments of the leaves o- 
vate, generally 3-lo- 
bed, with the margins 
revolute, underneath 
finely pubescent. 
Stem slender, glabrous, erect. Leaves bi or trkemate ; with the seg- 
ments ovate, slightly cordate, or cuneate, entire or 3-lobed, with the lobes 
acute, the margins when dry slightly revolute, somewhat rugose on the 
upper surface, cloathed on the under with a fine tomentum. Panicle ter- 
minal, nearly naked, pedicels divaricate, longer than the leaves. Petals 
4 — 5, oval. Anthers yellow, oblong, mucronate at the summit. De Cand* 
Grows in the lower districts of Carolina. Fraser. 
Flowers June— August. 
% Dioicum. 
T. floribus dioicis, 
filamentis filiformibus; 
foliorum segmentis su- 
brotundis, cordatis, 
obtuse lobatis, gla- 
bris ; pedunculis ax- 
illaribus, folio brevior- 
ibus. De Cand. 
Flowers dioecious, 
filaments filiform; seg- 
ments of the leaves 
nearly round, cordate, 
obtusely lobed, gla- 
brous; peduncles ax- 
illary, shorter than the 
leaves. 
Sp. Pf. 2. p. 1296. Pursh 2, p. 388. De Candolle 1. p. 173. 
T. Lyevigatiim Mich. 1. p. 322. 
Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 1 — 2 feet high. Leaves generally 
triternate, very glabrous. Flowers sessile, in small axillary clusters or 
umbels. Footstalks of the umbels generally shorter than the leaves, 
sometimes extending and becoming compound and paniculate. Corolla 
small, white. Stamens in this genus generally longer than the corolla. 
Seeds deeply striate. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Mich. 
Flowers May — July. Pursh. 
