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DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 
the fertile florets oblong, villous along the margin. Germs pedicellate, vil- 
lous. Style short Stigma 4-cleft. Willdenow. 
Grows in shady dry woods from New-York to Virginia. If the quotation 
from Walter is correct, extending along the Mountains to Carolina. 
Flowers — 
2. Tristis. Aiton. 
S. foliis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, utrinque acu- 
tis, integerrimis, mar- 
gine revolutis, supra 
glabriusculis subtus ru- 
goso-venosis, tomento- 
sis; stipulis nullis, a- 
mentis praecocibus ob- 
longis. 
Leaves linear-lance- 
olate, acute at each 
end, entire with the 
margins revolute, glab- 
rous on the upper sur- 
face, rugosely veined 
and tomentose under- 
neath; stipules 0; a- 
ments appearing before 
the leaves. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 693. Pursh, 2. p. 609. Nutt. 2. p. 231. 
Resembles the preceding species, but differs in the form of the leaf and by 
the absence of stipules. Willd. 
Grows in dry sandy woods; New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers March— April. 
3. Rosmarinifolia. Lin. 
S. foliis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, subintegerri- 
mis, planis, supra pu- 
bescentibus, subtus se- 
riceis; germinibus lan- 
ceolatis, villosis; stylis 
elongatis. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 697 • Pursh, 2. p. 6l2. 
Leaves linear-lance- 
olate, nearly entire, 
flat, pubescent on the 
upper surface, silky un- 
derneath; germs lan- 
ceolate, villous; styles 
long. 
Nutt. 231. 
A shrub 1 — 3 feet high, the branches covered with a silken pubescence. 
heaves about an inch long, linear-lanceolate, on the upper surface hoary and 
covered with appressed hairs, becoming glabrous when old; on the under 
eloathed with a silken pubescence, furnished with a few, very small, glandu- 
