58 POLYANDRY A POLYGYNiA. 
negated in a hemispherical head. Styles 0. Stigma sessile, obtuse. 
Seeds ovate, compressed, acute at the summit, slightly rugose. 
Grows in wet soils, very common 
Flowers February- — April. 
4. Oblongifolius. E. 
Leaves petiolate, 
denticulate, the lower 
oblong-oval, the up- 
per linear lanceolate; 
stems branching ; pe- 
tals a little longer than 
the calyx; seeds glo- 
bose, not pointed, 
smooth. 
Root fibrous. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, generally erect or declining, gla- 
brous, smooth, branching and from the smallness of the upper leaves ap- 
pearing naked towards the summit. Leaves oblong, irregularly denticu- 
lated, glabrous, the lower on petioles 1 — 3 inches long. Peduncles 10— 
1 5 lines long. Calyx at first closely appressed. Petals rather longer 
thae the calyx. Seeds smooth without a vestige of the style, globose^ 
with a slight longitudinal cicatrice. 
This species which I propose with hesitation, differs from the preceding 
much in size, and appears to differ in the corolla and seed. It requires 
however, to be further examined. 
Grovrs in ditches and wet places. Collected 12 miles from Savannah 
on the Augusta road, St. John’s Berkley. Dr. Macbride. 
Flowers May— July. 
R. foil is petioiatis, 
denticulatis, inferiori- 
bus oblongo-ovalibus, 
superioribus linear! 
Ianceolatis ; cauiibus 
ramosis ; petalis ca- 
lyce paulo longioribus; 
seminibus globosis, 
muticis. lasvibus. E. 
### Floribus luieis; 
fioliis incisis multiji - 
disve ; radice fibrosa; 
pericarpiis Icevibus. 
5. Abortivus. 
R. foliis glabris, ra- 
dicalibus petiolatis.cor 
daio-orbiculatis, cre- 
natis, nonnullis tripar- 
titis trisectisve, cauli- 
%%% Flowers yel- 
low ; learns notched or 
many cleft; root fi- 
brous; seeds smooth. 
Leaves glabrous, 
those of the root on 
petioles, cordate, or- 
bicular, crenate, some- 
times 3 parted or 
