32 
P0LYANDR1A bl PENTAGYNXA. 
A shrub about 3 feet high. Leaves about 3 inches long, tapering yet 
connate at base, dotted, paler on the under surface. Flowers very nume- 
rous in fastigiate corymbs, with solitary flowers nearly sessile in the lower 
divisions of the corymb. Corolla and Stamens generally longer than the 
Calyx. Styles firmly united, not separating as the pod matures. 
Found in the Pine barrens of Scriven county, Georgia. 
Flowers May — July. 
16. Nudiflorum. Mich. 
H. ramis alatis; fo- 
iiis oblongo-ovatis,ob- 
tusis, sessilibus ; pa- 
niculis terminalibus, 
nudatis, compositis ; 
corolla calyce longi- 
ore; styiis coadunatis. 
Sp. PI. 3. p. 1456. Mich. 2. j 
H. virginicum ? Walt. 189. 
Branches winged ; 
leaves oblong-ovate 
obtuse, sessile ; pani- 
cles terminal, naked, 
compound ; corolla 
longer than the calyx; 
styles united. 
. 78. Pursh. 2. p. 375. 
Really frutescent, but many of its branches decay every year, and new 
ones are produced, which give it frequently an herbaceous appearance. 
Branches angled and winged. Leaves sometimes lanceolate, dotted, of a 
pale and somewhat glaucous complexion. Panicle compoundly dichoto- 
mous, with a flower in each division of the stem on short peduncles. Leaves 
Of the calyx lanceolate. Corolla obovate, nearly twice as long as the calyx. 
Styles 3, sometimes 4, united, but separated at their summits. Capsule 
3 celled, coloured. 
Grows around the margins of ponds, and in shallow swamps. 
Flowers August — 'September. 
17. Glaucdm ? 
H. caule tereti ; fo- 
lds cordato—ovatis 
semiamplexicaulibus, 
glaucescentibus ; pa- 
nicula divaricato-di- 
chotoma, foliosa; co- 
rolla calycem aequan- 
te ; styiis coadunatis. 
Stem terete ; leaves 
cordate-ovate, half 
embracing the stem, 
somewhat glaucous ; 
panicle divaricate, di- 
chotomous, leafy ; co- 
rolla as long as the ca- 
lyx ; styles united. 
Mich. 2. p. 78. Pursh. 2. p. 376. 
