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POLYANDRIA DI — -PENTAGYNIA. 
that the pubescence differs in quantity, rather than in its properties; in both 
it is tomentose, but this is comparatively naked. 
Grows in wet Pine barrens, 8 miles from Charleston. 
Flowers June — September. 
5. Simplex. 
H. erectum, lanu. 
losum; caule virgato, 
simplici,tereti; foliis o- 
vato-ianceolatis, arete 
sessilibus, adpressis ; 
panicula terminali 
pauciflora. 
Erect, woolly; stem 
virgate, simple, terete; 
leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, closely sessile, 
appressed ; panicle, 
terminal, few flower- 
ed. 
Mich. 2. p. 80. Pursh, 2. p. 379- Nuttall 2. p. l6. 
Plukenet. Amalth. p. 120. tab. 421. fig. 3. 
Stem 1 — 2 feet high, covered with a jointed tomentum. Leaves acute, 
dotted, and somewhat amplexicaule. Panicle small. Flowers alternate, 
and in the division of the stem. Leaflets of the calyx unequal, 2 narrow- 
er than the rest. Petals yellow, oblong, longer than the calyx. Stamens 
shorter than the corolla. Styles 3. Capsule 1 celled, 3 valved. 
Grows in wet Pine barrens. 
Flowers June — September. 
6. Acutifolium. E. 
Stem herbaceous] 
branching, glabrous ; 
leaves narrow lanceo- 
late, acute ; panicle 
many flowered; cap- 
sules scarcely longer 
than the calyx. 
Stem herbaceous ? branching, slightly angled. Leaves sessile, 10 — 14 
lines long, tapering at the base. Panicle many flowered, flowers alternate 
and in the division of the stem, on pedicels 1—2 lines long. Leaves of 
the calyx equal. Petals yellow, nearly lanceolate, twice as long as the 
calyx. Stamens numerous, longer than the calyx. Styles 3, united.— 
Capsule 1 celled, 3 valved. 
This plant which was sent to me from Milledgeville in Georgia by Dr. 
Boykin, differs considerably from any species in my herbarium. It re- 
sembles most the H. Canadense, but differs in size, being in every respect 
larger, so as to make it doubtful whether it is really an herbaceous species, 
H. caole herbaceo: 
subramoso, glabro; fo- 
liis angusto lanceolatis 
acutis; panicula mul- 
tiflora ; capsulis vix 
calyce longioribus. 
