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POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Corolla larger than the calyx. Petals obovate, bright purple. Stamens 
numerous, short. Germ superior. Style short. Stigma very large co- 
vering the stamens. Seeds attached to a central receptacle. 
Grows in wet swampy lands in the middle districts of Carolina and 
Georgia, rarely found along the sea coasts. 
Flowers April and May. 
2. Rubra. Walt. 
S. foliis gracilibus, 
ala ventrali lineari; 
appendice ovata, erec- 
ta, obtusa, mucrofiata, 
basi sub coarctata ; 
floribus rubro-purpur- *' 
eis. 
Walt. p. 152 Sp. pi. 2. p. 1150. 
Leaves slender, 
longitudinal wing lin- 
ear ; appendix ovate, 
erect, obtuse, mucro- 
nate, contracted at 
“Base ; "flowers purple. 
Leaves slender from 6 to 10 inches high ; tube regular, increasing to 
the summit ; throat not contracted ; appendix slightly contracted at base, 
erect, cloathed with very fine hair on its inner surface, marginal wing nar- 
row, nearly uniform in its whole length. Flowers much smaller than in 
the preceding species. Petals obovate, attenuated at base of a dark red- 
dish purple. 
The S. Psyttacina of Michaux, (vol. 1. p. 311.) has been usually re» 
feried to this species, yet in many respects particularly in its recurved, 
fornicated appendix, it appears materially to differ, and may possibly be 
found to constitute a distinct species. 
Grows in bogs and swamps in the middle country of Carolina. 
Flowers April and May. 
3. Flava^ 
S. foliis majusculis, 
infundibuliformibus, 
fauce patula; ala ven- 
trali subnulla ; appen- 
dice erecta, basi co- 
arcta, lateribus retro- 
flexis ; floribus flavis. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 1150. Walt. p. It 
Leaves large, fun- 
nel shaped, with the 
throat expanding, and 
scarcely any longitu- 
dinal wing ; appendix 
erect, contracted at 
base, reflected at the 
sides ; flowers yellow. 
• Mich. 1. p. 310. Pursh. 2. p. 367 
