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illADELFHiA DECANDIUA. 
mon petiole 2—5 inches long. Racemes axillary and terminal, forming a 
large loose panicle. Bracteas before the opening of the flowers imbrh 
cate and conspicuous, when in flower, from the elongation of the common 
peduncle, the flowers appear thinly scattered on the stem. Calyx 4 cleft, 
the upper segment bifid, the lower long. Corolla purple, rather larger 
than is common in this genus. Lomentum 3—6 jointed, often pendulous., 
Very scabrous. Joints long and triangular. 
Grows in rich dry soils. 
Flowers August — September. 
10. € ANADENSE. 
H. foliis ternatis, 
oblongo lanceoiatis ; 
stipuSis filiformibus ; 
floribus racemosis ; 
bracteis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, acuminatis, cili- 
atis; articulis lomenti 
obtuse triangulis, liis- 
pidis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1187- Pursh 2. p. 
Leaves ternate, ob- 
long lanceolate ; sti- 
pules filiform; flowers 
in racemes ; bracteas 
ovate lanceolate, acu- 
minate, ciiiate ; joints 
of the pod obtusely 
triangular, hispid. 
48X. 
Stem about 2 feet high, erect, very pubescent near the summit, furrow- 
ed. Leaves long, lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, pubescent on both sur- 
faces, particularly along the veins. Flowers in compact, axillary racemes. 
Bracteas large, closely imbricate and conspicuous before flowering as in 
H. Bracteosum. Corolla purple. 
This species is said by Pursh to extend to Carolina* It very probably 
can be found in our mountainous districts. I have however, never seen 
it in the low country. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers July— August. Pursh, 
11. Marilandicum. 
H. foliis ternatis, 
dblongis, subtus villo- 
siuscutis; stipulis sub- 
alatis ; racemis pani- 
eulatis ; lomentis tri- 
articulatis, articulis 
Leaves ternate, ob- 
long, slightly villous 
underneath ; stipules 
subulate; racemes pan- 
iculate ; pods 3-joint- 
ed, joints rhomboidaL 
