H H E S IA 'VIH.lGOTXCA,
S IB IL S HV
RHEXIA VIRGINICA.
VIRGINIAN RHEXIA. MEADOW BEAUTY. DEER-GRASS.
Octandria Monogynia, Linn. Melastomce, J usb.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix urceolate, 4 to 5-cleft. Petals 4, oblique, inserted upon the calix. Anthers decimate.
Capsule setigerous, 4-celled, included in the ventricose calix. Receptacle
subulate. Seeds numerous. (Stamina sometimes 10.)-—-Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stem angular, winged, garnished with scattered red hairs; leaves sessile, oval-
lanceolate, serrated with bristled teeth, ciliated between the serratures,
naked beneath, sparingly and irregularly hirsute above, from 3 to 5 and
7-nerved. B.
SYNONYMS.
R h ex ia septemnervia, Walt.? FI. Car. j the variety /3. of Pursh, perhaps, which has
seven nerves, and attains a stature of four or five feet.
A lifanus vegetabilis carolinianus, Pluk. amalth. 8.
L y s im a ch ia non papposa virginiana, tqberarise, foliis hirsutis, flore tetrapetalo
rubello. Pluk. aim. 235. t. 202. fig. 8 ?
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