POLYANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 
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nis in iobos oblongo- 
lineares 3-5 partitis; 
calyce glabro petalis 
sublongiore. 
notched, stem leaves 
divided into 3—5 long, 
linear lobes; calyx 
glabrous, rather longer 
than the petals. 
Sp, PI. 2. p. 1314. Walt. p. 159. Pursh 2.p. 392. Be Candolle 
1. p. 268. 
Root fibrous, perennial. Radical leaves cordate or renifcrm, on pe- 
tioles 1 — 3 inches long. Flowers small Petals yellow, about as long as 
the calyx, with a large scale at their base. Seeds smooth, collected in an 
oval capituium. 
Grows in wet grounds. Not common in the low country of Carolina, 
flowers 
6. ScELERATUS. 
Leaves glabrous ; 
those from the root 
on petioles', 3- parted, 
the segments obtuse- 
ly 3-lob ed, and notch- 
ed, upper leaves 3- 
parted, with the seg- 
ments oblong, linear, 
entire, floral leaves 
oblong ; calyx gla- 
brous ; seeds small, 
forming an oblong 
spike. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 1315. Pursh, 2. p. 393. Be Candolle 1 . p. 268. 
R. nitidus. Walt. p. 159. 
Root perennial ? fibrous. Stem about a foot and a half high, fistulous 
slightly angled, glabrous, branching and dichotomous. Lower petioles 4 
~5 inches long; embracing the stem with their dilated base. Flowers 
solitary, opposite the leaf, or in the division of the stem. Peduncles 5 — - 
10 lines long. Calyx sprinkled with hair, yellowish, finally reflected. 
Corolla small, shining, pale yellow, a little longer than the calyx, with a 
iWBd pore at. the base of the petals. Filaments 12—16, shorter than 
R. fohis glabris, 
radicalibus petioiatis, 
triparti tis, lobis triio- 
batis, obtuse subinci- 
sis, summis tripartitis, 
lobis oblongo iineari- 
bus integris, florali bus 
oblongis ; ealyce gla- 
bro ; carpellis mini- 
mis in spicam oblong- 
am dispositis. De 
Cand. 
