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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA* 
Leaves as in all of the genus alternate, ovate, acuminate, entire, obtuse-* 
ly toothed, 3-nerved, cordate ; above sprinkled with short hair, under- 
neath tomentose and glaucous. Petioles 1 — 2 inches long. Flowers 
growing towards the summit of the stem, solitary, axillary, attached to the 
petiole. The proper peduncle about an inch long, pubescent. The pe- 
tiole after the junction of the peduncle, dilated and obtusely winged. 
Calyx persistent, pubescent; the exterior 15 leaved, leaves subulate, acute, 
about half as long as the interior calyx : the interior 1 -leaved, campanu- 
late, 5-parted, with the segments acuminate and nerved. Petals obovate, 
white, with a purple base, pubescent on the outer surface, 3 — -4 inches 
long. The staminiferous column 1 — 2 inches long, furrowed, toothed at 
its naked summit. Proper Filaments 4 — 6 lines long, growing by pairs. 
Germ superior, ovate, glabrous, 5-furrowed. Style shorter than the co- 
rolla, 5-cleft at the summit. Stigmas nearly spherical, glandular, white. 
Capsule ovate, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds many in each cell, obovate* 
Grows on the margins of ponds. 
Flowers from June to September. 
2. Palustris- 
Leaves broad, o- 
vate, obtusely serrate, . 
generally 3-lobed, 3- 
nerved, tomentose un- 
derneath ; peduncles 
axillary, longer than 
the petiole. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 808. Walt? p. 176. Pursh 2. p. 455. Nutt. 2. p. 82. 
Plant 3—4 feet high. Leaves rather broader than in the preceding 
species, more generally angled or 3-lobed, glaucous underneath and con- 
spicuously acuminated. Flowers rather smaller than the H. Moscheutos, 
(purple. Pursh.) inserted in the base of the petiole. 
I feel doubtful whether Walter ever saw the real II. Palustris, and 
whether his H. Moscheutos and Palustris are distinct species. This spe*. 
cies has never occurred to me in the low country of Carolina, and Pursh 
speaks of it as a Northern plant. 
Grows in wet soils. 
Flowers July — September, 
ti. ioiiis lato-ovatiSj 
obtuse-serratis, subtri- 
lobis, 3-nervibus, sub- 
tus tomentosis ; pe- 
dunculis axillaribus, 
petiolo longioribus. 
3. Grandiflorus. 
H. foliis amplis, co- 
riaceis, cordatis, trilo- 
Leaves large, cori- 
aceous, cordate, 3-io- 
