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TRIENTALIS AMERICANA.
AMERICAN CHICK-WEED WINTER GREEN.
Heptandria Monogynia, Linn. Lisimachise, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 7-leaved. Corolla 7-parted, equal, flat. Berry 1-celled, juiceless. Seeds many.
(Stamina 5, 6, 7, and 8.)
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, oblique. Pursh.
SYNONYM.
T r ie n t a l is Europea, Mich, and others.
P la n t a span Mgh, very delicate, slender, and simple. Root fibrous,
small, yellowish. Stem erect, invested with a few very small, scattered
scale-like leaves, bearing no proportion to the size of the other leaves of
the plant which are collected together in a tuft or whorl at the top of the
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