POLYANDRIA DI— PENTAGYNIA. 
C)Cf 
Grows in dry pine barrens. Common in the upper parts of Chatham 
county^' Georgia. 
Flowers March — April, 
2. Ckux. Andrew. 
A. erectum, multi- 
caule, diffusum; foliis 
sublanceolato— oblon- 
gis, obtusis ; corymbo 
terminali ; floribus 
subsessilibus, 2 gynis; 
caule subtereti. 
Erect, much divi- 
ded, spreading; leaves 
somewhat lanceolate, 
oblong, obtuse, co- 
rymb terminal; flow- 
ers nearly sessile, di- 
gynous; stem terete. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1472. Walt. p. 191. Pursh. 2. p. 373. 
A. Multicaule, Mich. 
Stem frutescent, 2 — 3 feet high. Leaves small, sessile, and with the 
calyx dotted. Floioers solitary, axillary, and terminal, on short peduncles. 
The two large leaves of the calyx cordate, ovate, acute, nerved, the inte- 
rior? leaflets very small, ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, 2 small bractea! 
leaves at the base of the calyx. Corolla yellow. Petals oblong, nearly 
elliptical. Filaments about 20, as long as the corolla. Styles 2. Stig- 
mas single. 
This species varies so much in the size and number of its leaves, in its 
peduncles, and in the number of its styles, that h>roerits culture to deter- 
mine whether more than one species are not included under this name. 
Grows in all soils- excepting those which are inundated. 
Flowers through the whole summer. 
3. Hypericoides* 
A. erectum, parce- 
ramosum, ramis and- 
pitibus; foliis obiongis 
basi biglandulosis ; 
floribus terminalibus, 
solitariis, breviter pe- 
dicellatis, 3-gynis. 
Erect, sparingly 
branched, with the 
branches compressed; 
leaves oblong with 2 
j glands at base; flow- 
j ers terminal, solitary, 
| on short peduncles, 
| trigynous. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2473. Walt., 191. Pursh, 2. p. 374, 
A. Stans. Mich. 2. p. 77* 
