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PdLYANDRIA DI— PF.NTAGYNIA 
1 . Parviflorum^ 
H. erectum, ram- 
oSum, glabrum; cauie 
subtetragono; foliis o- 
vato-oblongis,subcor- 
datis,obtusis,nervosis, 
sessilibus ; paniculis 
terminalibus dicboio- 
mo-corymbosis; peia- 
lis calyce lanceolate 
brevioiibus. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1456. Pursh, 2. p. 376. 
H. quinquenervium. Walt. p. 190. Mich. 2. p. 79* 
Root creeping. Stem erect, slender, 1 — 2 feet high, succulent; branch- 
es alternate and opposite. Leaves dotted, 5 nerved. Flowers solitary, in 
the division of the stalks. Peduncles 2 — 3 lines long. Calyx 5 leaved, 
leaves lanceolate, acute, 3—5 nerved, dotted, 3 large, 2 small. Corolla 
deciduous, yellow. Filaments numerous 12 — 15, longer than the corolla. 
Germ pyramidal. Styles 3, short, expanding. Stigmas globose. Cap- 
sule 1 celled, 3 valved. 
Grows in damp soils, very common in ditches and around the margins 
of ponds. 
Flowers June, September. 
Ereet, branching, 
glabrous; stem 4-an- 
gled; leaves oblong, 
ovate, somewhat cor- 
date, obtuse, nerved, 
sessile; panicles ter- 
minal, dichotomous, 
corymbose; petals 
shorter than the • lam 
ceolate calyx. 
* 2. CanadensEo 
H. floribus alari- 
bus,pedunculatis, soli- 
tariis; foliis sessilibus, 
linearibus, basi atten- 
uate ; cauie herbaceo, 
tetragono, superne di- 
chotomo; capsulis lon- 
gis, conoideis, colora- 
Flowers solitary on 
winged peduncles ; 
leaves sessile, linear, 
t ape ring a t b ase; stem 
herbaceous, 4-angled, 
dichotomous towards 
the summit; capsules 
long, conical, coloured. 
tis. 
Sp.pl. 3. p, 1455. Walt. p. 189. Mich.2.p.79. Pursh, 2. p. 387. 
Stem 1 — -2 feet high, slightly angled. Leaves linear, obtuse, dotted, 
obscurely 3 nerved, lower branches of the panicle opposite, the upper di- 
chotomous. Corolla and Stamens about as tong as the Calyx . Capsule 
much longer than the calyx, of a dull red colour. 
Grows in wet Pine barrens. 
Flowers July-— September, 
