MONADF.LPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
16S 
1. RpTUNDIFOLIA. 
Stem prostrate \ 
leaves cordate, orbicu- 
lar, obscurely 5-lobed; 
peduncles declining 
when in fruit, 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 786. Pursh 2. p. 454. 
Root perennial. Stem procumbent, 1-— 2 feet long, hairy. Leaves al- 
ternate, nearly round, cordate, 5 — 7 lobed, a little hairy ; lobes very ob- 
tuse. Petioles 5 — S inches long, when young almost hispid. Flowers in 
small axillary clusters. Peduncles 4 — 6 lines long. Exterior Calyx 3- 
leaved ; leaves subulate, as long as the interior. Interior 1 -leaved, 5-cleft 
both hairy. Corolla white, scarcely longer than the calyx. Staminife « 
rous tube and style shorter than the corolla. Style many cleft. Capsules, 
numerous, collected in a flattened orbicular head. Seeds 1 in each capr 
side. 
An exotic becoming naturalized in our country. 
Grows about buildings. 
Flowers May to July. 
IVi. caule prostrato; 
foliis cordatoorbicu- 
latis, obsolete 5-Iobis; 
pedunculis fructiferis 
declinatis. ’ 
2. Caroltniana. 
Leaves 5-lobed ot 
palmate, notched and 
toothed ; peduncles 
longer than the peti- 
oles 5 petals entire ; 
fruit villous ; stem 
prostrate, 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 784. Walt. p. 176. Mich. 2. p. 44. Pursh 2. p. 454. 
Root annual ? Stem prostrate, branching, a little hairy. Leaves al- 
ternate, very obtuse or cordate at base, 3 — 5 "lobed, with the lobes vari- 
ously dissected, a little hairy. Stipules 2 at the base of each petiole, 
small, ovate-lanceolate, ciliate when young. Floivers axillary, solitary. 
Peduncles about an inch long. Exterior Calyx 3-leaved ; leaves linear, 
lanceolate, shorter than the interior calyx. Interior calyx 1 -leaved, some- 
what campanulate, 5-cleft, both hairy. Petals 5, spathulate, nearly round 
at the summit, red and longer than the calyx. Staminiferous column . 
short. Anthers 12 — 15. Germ very hairy. Style as long as the sta-t. 
mens, many cleft, 15 — 20. Stigmas globose, dark red. Capsules nn~ 
1V1. loins o lobis 
palmatisve,inciso-den- 
tatis ; pedunculis peti- 
olo longioribus ; peta- 
lis integris; fructu vil- 
loso ; caule prostrato. 
