M0NADELPH1A 
DECANDRIA. 
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mata 5. Arilli 5, mo- | Arilli 5, one seeded, 
nospermi, aristati. | awned. 
1. Carolinianum. 
G. diffusum, pubes- 
cens ; foliis oppositis, 
5-Iobis, lobis trifido- 
incisis ; pedunculis bi- 
floris; petalis einar- 
ginatis, longitudine 
calycis, aristatis; aril- 
lis villosis. 
Diffuse, pubescent; 
leaves opposite, 5 lo- 
bed, lobes three cleft; 
peduncles two flower- 
ed ; petals emargi- 
nate as long as the 
calyx, awned ; arils 
villous. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 7ll« Walt. p. 175. Mich. 2. p. 38. Pursh 2. p. 449. 
Nutt. 2. p. 80. •’*-«— 
j Root annual, fusiform. Stem procumbent and assurgent, di and tricho- 
tomously divided, pubescent with the hairs reflected. Leaves opposite at 
the division of the stem, 5 — 7 lobed, the lobes generally 3 cleft and the 
segments again notched and divided, the margins of the leaves as well as 
the stem are frequently tinged with purple. Petioles 4 — 6 inches long. 
Stipules 2, subulate, at the base of each petiole. Flowers in the division 
of the stem. Peduncles 2 — 4 inches long, 2 flowered. Calyx 5 leaved, 
angled, persistent; leaves ovate, 3 nerved, fringed and mucronate. Petals 
obovate, emarginate, hairy at base, pale purple, as long asj;he calyx. Sta- 
mens 10, about half as long as the corolla, 5 exteriorancl a little shorter 
than the others; all slightly united at base but scarcely monadelphous. Nec- 
tary ? 2 yellow glands at the base of each shorter filament. Germ superi- 
or, very villous. Styles 5 ? united. Stigmas 5, thick, oblong. Arilli 
black, hairy, mucronated with the straight persistent style. Seeds 2 in 
each arillus, oval. 
Grows in all cultivated grounds very abundantly. 
Flowers from March to May. 
2. Maculatum. 
G. erectum, retror- 
sum pubescens ; caule 
dichotomo ; foliis op- 
positis 3 — 5 partitis, 
incisis ; pedunculis e- 
Erect, retorsely pu- 
bescent ; stem dicho- 
tomous ; leaves oppo- 
site, 3 — 5 parted, 
notched ; peduncles 
