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MONADELPHIA FOLYANDRIA. 
With this plant I am unacquainted. Floivers white, small. Pursh* 
Grows on the sea coast of Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers July to September. 
6. Abutilon, 
S. foliis subrotun. 
do-cord atis, acumina- 
tis, dentatis, tomento- 
sis ; pedunculis solita- 
riis, petiolo breviori- 
bus ; capsulis biaris- 
tatis, truncatis. 
Leaves cordate, 
nearly orbicular, acu- 
minate, toothed, to- 
mentose ; peduncles 
solitary, shorter than 
the petiole ; capsules 
two awned, truncate. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 750. Pursh 2. p. 453. 
Root annual. Stem erect, 2— -6 feet high, branching, covered like the 
leaves with a very soft tomentum. Leaves alternate, nearly orbicular, 
acuminate, deeply cordate, crenulate, 4 — 6 inches in diameter. Petioles 
4 — 6 inches long, pubescent. Stipules subulate, caducous. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, 3-flowered, sometimes compoundly 3-flowered, general- 
ly maturing only the fruit of one flower. Peduncles 1 — 1 1-2 inches long^ 
pointed towards the summit. Bracteas two at each joint, lanceolate, 
acuminate, 3 — 4 lines long, caducous. Calyx somewhat campanulate, 
scarcely angled. Petals obovate, obliquely emarginate, a little longer 
than the calyx. Staminiferous tube shorter than the corolla, many part- 
ed. Style pubescent, as long as the stamens, many (12 — 1 4) parted. 
Capsules 12 — 14, hairy, conspicuously 2-horned, collected into a cam- 
panulate head. Seeds 3 in each capsule, reniform, glabrous. 
Grows in the middle country of Carolina and Georgia, very luxuriant- 
ly in the river swamps near Granby, S. C, 
Flowers May July. 
MALY A. Gen. Pl. 1134. 
Calyx duplex, ex- 
terior 3-phyllus. Pe~ 
tala 5. Capsulce plu- 
rimae, evalves, 1-sper- 
mae. 
Calyx double, the 
exterior 3-leaved. Pe- 
tals 5. Capsules nu- 
merous, without 
« valves, one seeded. 
