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Chelone
1. Obliqua glabra Walt: —
Radix. fibrosa, perennis.
Caulis. herbaceus, erectus, simplex? sub tetragonus,
angulis obtu-
tis, sulcatus, glaber. 2-4 pedali.
Folia. opposita, sessilia, longo lanceolata, acuta, acute
serrata, glabra
rugosa, basi amplexicaulia, 3-5 poll: long: 1 lat: —
Pet: 0
Flores. in spicis confertifloris terminalibus,
lateralibus que, flor: brachiatis
Pedunculi. communes sub teretes, glabri, part.
brevissimi 1-2 lin: longi
crassi glabri.
Bracteae. tres ad basin pedunculi singuli quorum
exterior, major, ad ped: commu-
nem, adnata est dua laterales ad ped: partialem,
omnes ovatae, acutae
concavae, glabrae —
Calyx. pentaphyllus distincte, foliolis ovatis,
sub obtusis, glabris, conca[-]
vis, aequalibus, duobus paulo latioribus,
persistentitubus —
Corolla. monopetala, inflata, ringens, labio,
superiore enferiore concavo, sub
fornica
to, emarginato, superiore sub reflexo,
b a intus barbato, summitata trilobo
lobis longitudine aequalibus intermedio minore,
corol: albescens, roseo tincta.
Stamina. filamenta quatuor, tubo corollae insertae,
quorum par superior inferiore
longior, compressa sub falcata, villosa, praecipue
basi, antherae, majusculae
sagittatae, latera interiora, lanata, per latera
Dehiscentia, visidescentia
filamentum quintum inter fil: breviora, parvum,
filiforme. Sterile base
villosum —
Pistillum — germen superum sub tetragono-pyramidatum, glandula basi
circumdatum, Stylus filiformis Co Stamina aequanas. Stigma simplex,
paulo capitatum —
Semina.
Hab: Columbia, S.C. Cooper River. Santee — in humidis? florens Sept.
Oct: 30. Sept. 1814