MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
583 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Stigmata 3, duplicato 
bifida. Capsula mo- 
nospenna, nondehis- 
cens. 
1. Linearis. 
Ur 
C. caule erecto, di- 
chotome -ramosissimo; 
foliis supra stellato pi- 
losis, subtus argenteo- 
lepidotis. 
lyx 5-parted. Corolla 
0. Stigmas 3, doubly 
2 cleft. Capsule 1 seed- 
ed, not opening. 
Stem erect, dichoto- 
mously branching: 
leaves on the upper 
surface stellularly hai- 
ry, underneath covered 
with silvery scales. 
Mich. 2. p. 186. Sp. pi. 4. p. 380. Pursh, 1. p. 206. Nutt. 2. p. 209» 
Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, dichotomously branched, with the 
divisions generally remote, covered like the under surface of the leaves, with 
silvery scales. Leaves linear-lanceolate or ovate, entire, on short petioles. 
Flowers in short terminal and axillary spikes, small, the upper florets sterile. 
Capsule oval, covered also with scales. 
The leaves of this plant vary from linear-lanceolate to ovate; the extremes 
appear sufficiently distinct, but intermediate specimens seem to connect 
them. 
Grows in dry pine barrens, near Georgetown, and in the middle districts 
of Carolina. 
Flowers June — May. 
PLANERA. ' Gmelin. 
Masculi. Calyx cam- 
panulatus, 4-fidus. Co- 
rolla 0. Stamina 3 — 
5, exserta. 
Hermaphroditi. Ca- 
lyx campanulatus, 4- 
fidus. Corolla 0. Stig- 
mata 2, sessilia, recur- 
Sterile Jlorets . Calyx 
campanulate, 4-cleft. 
Corolla 0. Stamens 3 
— 5, exserted. 
Herm. Jlorets. Calyx 
campanulate, 4-cleft. 
Corolla 0. Stigmas 2, 
sessile, recurved. Nut 
