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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
on the outer surface., yellow with a bright purple base. Staminiferous cq~ 
lumn. bright purple. Style and Stigmas yellow. Capsule hairy. 
Grows in damp cla}^ soils. 
Flowers from June to September. 
9. Speciosus. Ait. 
H. glaberrimus, fo- 
liis palmatis, 5-parti- 
tis, laciniis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, acuminatis, 
remote-serratis ; co- 
rolla patula. 
Very glabrous ; 
leaves palmate, 5-par- 
ted, the segments lin- 
ear lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, distantly serrate; 
corolla expanding. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 822. Mich. 2. p. 47 . Pursh. 2. p. 456. 
H. Coccineus. Walter 177- Bart. 
Stem 4 — 6 — 7 feet high, branching. Leaves alternate, cordate, deeply 
divided, the lobes irregularly toothed, the veins generally coloured. Peti- 
oles 4 — 8 inches long, tinged with purple. Stipules very small, setaceous. 
Flowers solitary, axillary. Peduncles 3 — 4 inches long, jointed near the 
summit. Exterior calyx 12—15 leaved; leaves subulate, a little shorter 
than the interior. Petals 4 — 5 inches long, obovate, a little pubescent 
near the base, of a deep red colour. Staminiferous column nearly as 
long as the petals. Capsule glabrous, ovate, acute and somewhat angled. 
Seeds pubescent. 
I know not why the name of Bartram and Walter has been superseded, 
it is at least as appropriate as that of Aiton. 
Found in damp soils in Florida and perhaps in the southern parts of 
Georgia. It is enumerated by Walter among the plants of Carolina, but 
I have never seen it in the woods, although it is a common inhabitant of 
our gardens. 
Flowers from July to September. 
GORDONIA. 
Calyx 5-phyllus. 
Petala 5, basi conna- 
ta. Stylus 5-gonus, 
Stigmate 5-fido. Cap- 
sula 5-locularis. Re- 
ceptaculum centrale, 
columnare. Semina 
bina, ala foliacea. 
Gen. Pi.. 1144. 
Calyx 5-Ieaved. 
Petals 5, connate at 
base. Style 5-ang- 
led. Stigma 5-cleft. 
Capsule 5-celled. Re- 
ceptacle central, co- 
lumnar. Seeds two, 
winged. 
