TETRADYNAMTA SILIQUOSA. 
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Stew nearly a foot high, glabrous. Leaves 2, opposite, 2 3 inches 
long, variously and irregularly divided, the segments all linear and some- 
what acute. Flowers in a terminal raceme. Leaves of the Calyx lan- 
ceolate, appressed. Corolla i of a pale purple, more than twice as long as 
the calyx. Stamens all longer than the calyx. Style longer than the sta- 
mens. Stigma capitate. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers. 
CARD AMINE. 
Siliquci elastice dis- 
siliens, valvulis revo- 
volutis. Stigma inte- 
grum. Calyx apice 
hians. 
1. Spathulata. 
C. parvula ; cauli- 
bus decumbentibus ; 
foliis radicalibus spa- 
thulatis, pubescenti- 
bus ; caidinis lineari- 
cuneatis, integris den- 
tatisque ; siliquis di- 
varicato-laxis. 
Mich. 2. p. 29. Pursh 2. p. 439. Nutt. 2. p. 67. 
A plant has been sent me by Dr. Anderson from Claremont county, 
Carolina, as the C. Spathulata of Michaux, which though differing a little 
from the description, I know not where else to refer. Root annual? Stem 
erect, 6 — 1 2 inches high, hairy, and the pubescence on the stem and leaves 
stellular. Root Leaves lanceolate, spathulate, rather obtuse, scarcely an 
inch long. Stem naked below, leaves towards the summit of the stem 
linear lanceolate. Flowers in racemes axillary and terminal. Calyx 4- 
leaved, hairy, leaflets oval. Corolla white, potals-obteiig' and obovate, 
twice as long as the calyx. Stamens nearly as long as the corolla. Style 
very short. Stigma capitate. Pod terete, linear, about an inch long. 
None of the pods in my specimen were mature, but they appeared to 
exhibit the character of this genus. 
Grows in the middle districts of Carolina. 
Flowers March — April. 
Gen. Pl. 1088. 
Pod opening elasti- 
cally, with the valves 
revolute. Stigma en- 
tire. Calyx expand- 
ing at the top. 
Small ; stems de- 
cumbent ; root leaves 
spathulate, pubescent; 
stem leaves narrow, 
cuneate, entire and 
toothed ; pods loosely 
divaricate. 
