rOLYANDRlA I'OLVGIMA. 
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3 . VlRGINJANA. 
A. caule dichotomo; 
foliis ternatis, superio- 
ribus oppositis, foiiolis 
inciso lobatis serratis- 
que, acutis; peduncu- 
lis solitariis, unifloris, 
elongatis ; seminibus 
mucronatis, in recep- 
taculo ob!ongo,lanato, 
aggregatis. 
Stem dichotomous ; 
leaves teniate, the up- 
per opposite, leaflets 
iobed and serrate, a- 
cute; peduncles solita- 
ry, one flowered, long; 
seeds mucronate, col- 
lected on an oblong 
woolly receptacle. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 1279. Walt. p. 157. Mich. 1. p. 320. Pursh, 2. p. 
•388. 
Root tuberous, small. Stem herbaceous, simple, pubescent, almost vil* 
lous, 2 — 3 feet high, divided; at the first inyolucrum producing 1 — 4, 1- 
fiowered peduncles. Leaves of the involucrum similar to those of the root, 
-all rugose, hairy. Petals generally 5, of an obscure white colour, the tw r o 
exterior green and pubescent on the outer surface, lanceolate, acute, 
three interior obovate, obtuse and also pubescent on the outer surface. 
Stamens very numerous, much shorter than the corolla. Germs very nu? 
merous collected into an oblong ovate capitulum; receptacle woolly. Seeds 
compressed mucronate. 
Grows in shaded fertile soils, found within three miles of Charleston. 
Flowers July — August. 
4. Walteri. Pursh. 
A. foliis radicali- 
sms palmatis, iongius 
petiolatis ; pedunculo 
radicali, longo, erecto, 
unifloro; petalis 5 ; ra- 
dice tuberosa. 
Pin’s! i 2. p. 387. 
Thalictrum Carolinianum. Walter. 
Following Pursh and De Candolle, I add this plant of Wa$fc, as pro- 
bably a species of Anemone, without having it in my power to add <my 
information on the subject} or to ascertain what plant was really described 
under this name. 
Root leaves palmate, 
on long petioles ; pe- 
duncle from the root, 
long, erect, one flow- 
ered ; petals 3 ; root 
tuberous. 
