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POLYANBRIA FOLYGYNIA. 
the corolla. Germs many, forming at first an ovate head, extending after- 
wards into a cylindrical spike. Seeds a little roughened. 
Grows in wet grounds common around Charleston. 
Flowers April — June. 
7. Repens. 
R. foliis pinnalim 
trisectis, segmentis eu- 
ne atis »trilob atis ,incis o 
dentatis ; caule sub- 
erecta flagellis repen- 
tibus ; calyce adpres- 
so; seminibus acumine 
recto. De Caud. 
Sd. pi. 2. p. 1325. Pursh 2. p. 394. De Candolle 1. p. 285. 
This species is said by De Candolle, to vary very much in Europe,, 
which is probably its native country. It is found with stems all pros- 
trate and creeping, or with the central stem erect, or with all erect and 
without runners ; with the surface of the leaves, when growing in dry soils, 
villous or pubescent, when in water very glabrous and lucid, and frequent- 
ly spotted ; with the segments of the leaves trifid or three parted and the 
segments frequently many cleft ; with the flowers single or double, &c. 
I have inserted this plant while I entertain much doubt whether it be- 
longs to the Southern States. I formerly found along the banks of the 
Edisto, plants which I referred to this species, but they were glabrous, and 
Pursh describes the American ft. repens as hirsute. 
Grows in shady w T et woods, particularly in the mountains- Pursh. 
Flowers July — August. Pursh. In Spring and Summer. De 
Candolle. 
Leaves pmnately 3 
parted, segments cun- 
eate, 3 lobed, notched 
and toothed; stem 
neariy erect, creeping; 
calyx appressed;seeds 
with a straight point. 
8. Nhidds- Muhl. Cat. 
R. foliis tripartite, in- 
aequaliter trifidis, lan- 
ceolatis, subincisis 
dentatisque, glabris; 
calyce reflexo; petalis 
ovalibus, calyce duplo 
longioribus; seminibus 
acumine subrecnrvo. 
Leaves 3 parted, 
segments unequally 
3 cleft, lanceolate, 
notched, toothed, gla- 
brous; calyx reflect- 
ed; petals oval, twice 
as long as the calyx ; 
seed with a curved 
point. 
