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TETRAD YN AMI A SILIQUOSA. 
emarginatum. Ca- 
lyx connivens. 
1. L ACINI ATA. 
D. foliis ternatis, 
foliolis tripartitis, la- 
ciniis oblongis, inciso 
dentatis; radice mon- 
iliformi. 
ginate. Calyx con- 
nivent. 
Leaves tern ate, 
leaflets 3-parted, seg- 
| ments oblong, notched 
and toothed 3 root mo- 
niliform. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 479. Pursh 2. p. 438. Nutt. 2. p. 66. 
D. concatenata. Mich. 2. p. 30. 
Root perennial, composed of small tubers, slightly connected together. 
Stem herbaceous, 6 — 8 inches high, bearing 2 — 3 leaves, each compound- 
ly 3-cleft, with the segments somewhat lanceolate, apd irregularly notch- 
ed. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx lanceolate, acute. Corolla 
3 times as large as the calyx, pale purple. Stamens longer than the ca- 
lyx, not as long as the corolla. 
Grows in shady places on the highest mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers May—June. Pursh. 
2. Diphylla. 
D. caulibus diphyl- 
lis, foliolis ternis, ova- 
to-oblongis, inaequali- 
ter inciso-dentatis; ra- 
dice dentata. 
Stems two leaved, 
leaflets three, ovate 
oblong, unequally 
toothed; root toothed. 
Mich. 2. p. 30. Pursh 2. p. 438. Nutt. 2. p. 66. 
Stems somewhat clustered. Floivers yellowish. Roots tuberous. Mich. 
Grows among the high mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers May — June. 
3. Multifida. Mllhi. 
D. caulibus diphyl- 
lis; foliolis multiparti- 
tis, laciniis linearibus. 
Stems two leaved ; 
leaflets many parted, 
segments linear. 
Muhl. Cat. p. Nutt. 2. p. 66. 
