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DIADELFIIIA OCTANDRIA. 
mibus,coloratis. Cap- 
sula ohcor del ta, bilocu- 
laris, bivalvis. 
* Floribus axillar- 
ibus. 
m- 
1. Paucifoua. 
P. pumila; caulibus 
simplicissimis, erect- 
is, inferne nudis ; fo- 
lds ovatis, acutis, gla- 
bris ; floribus terrni- 
nalibus axillaribusque. 
coloured. Capsule 
obcordate, 2-celled, 2 
valved. 
* Flowers axillary. 
Plant small ; stem 
simple, erect, naked 
at base ; leaves o- 
vate, acute, glabrous; 
flowers terminal and 
axillary. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 880. Pursh 2. p. 464. 
Plant 2 — 3 inches high. Boot perennial. Stem glabrous, with small 
ovate scales near the base. Leaves near the summit clustered, ovate, 
acute, on short petioles. Floivers generally appear terminal and by threes, 
sometimes axillary, and larger than in any other of our species. Pedun- 
cles about half an inch long. The two lower leaves of the calyx small, 
lanceolate, the upper larger, ovate, a little gibbous at base and compressed, 
calycine wings as long as the corolla, bright purple. Corolla purple, 
summit of the carina crested. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers May — -August. Pursh. 
Floribus race - Flowers in ra- 
mosis, spicatisve. cemes or spikes. 
2. Pubescens. Muhl. Cat. 
P. pubescens; caule 
erecto, ramoso ; foliis 
oblongo lanceolatis, a- 
cutis,subsessilibus; ra- 
cemis laxis, terminali- 
bus ; floribus pedun- 
Pubescent; stem e- 
rect, branching; leaves 
oblong lanceolate, a- 
cjute, . nearly sessile ; 
racemes loose, termi- 
nal; flowers on pe- 
