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didynamia gymnospermia. 
Corolla* labium siipe- 
rius 2 lobum, inferius" 
3-partitum. Stamina 
exserta distantia. An- 
therm incumbentes u 
trinque aristatae. 
Upper lip of the co- 
TolWl lobed, the low- 
er 3 parted. Stamens 
distant, exserted. An- 
thers incumbent, awn* 
ed at each end. 
1. Linearifolia. 
j Root annual. Stem about a foot high, glabrous, branching. Leaves 
opposite, linear, dotted, about an inch long, sometimes clustered. Flowers 
in terminal racemes, peduncles opposite, generally 2-flovvered. Calyx 
striate, dotted, minutely pubescent at the summit, generally tinged with 
purple, upper lip short, segments of the lower lip acuminate. Corolla 
glabrous, twice as long as the calyx, of a pal£ pink 'colour, beautifully 
spotted with violet, tube small, throat inflated, the upper lip rather longer 
than the lower. Stamens four, distant, longer than the corolla. Anthers 
2-lobed, lying horizontally on the summit of the filaments, terminating at 
each point with an awn rather longer than the anther itself. Style long- 
er than the stamens, minutely hispid. Stigmas 2, equal, acute. Seeds 
four, oval. Grows abundantly in the high pine barren ridges between 
the Flint and Chatahouchie rivers. 
Flowers September and October* 
TRICHOSTEMA. Gen. Pl. 
Corollee labium su- 
perius falcatum. Sta- 
mina longissima. 
1. Dichotoma. 
T. foliis ovato-lan- 
ceolati*, pubescenti- 
bus ; staminibus lon- 
gissimis. 
Sp. pl. 3. p. 170. Walt. p. 164. 
Upper lip of the co « 
rolla falcate. Sta* 
mens very long. 
Leaves ovate lan- 
ceolate pubescent; sta- 
mens very long. 
Mich. 1. p. 10. Pursh. 2. p. 41 A, 
Annual. Stem erect, 1-2 feet high, four angled, with the angles round? 
ed, branching. Leaves opposite acute at base, rather obtuse at the sum- 
mit, entire, cloathed with a very soft pubescence. Flowers in dichotomous 
panicles, solitary in the divisions of the branches. Fedumks abotit half 
