. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Rhexia virginica L. Meadow-Beauty. Deer-grass. Fig. 3010. Rhexia virginica L. Sp. PI. 346. 1753. Rhexia lalifolia Bush, Rhodora 13: 167. 1911. Stem rather stout, simple or branched above, square, the angles often slightly winged, more or less pubescent, i°-ij° high. Leaves ascending, ses- sile or short-petioled, ovate or ovate-oval, acute or acutish at the apex, ro
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Rhexia virginica L. Meadow-Beauty. Deer-grass. Fig. 3010. Rhexia virginica L. Sp. PI. 346. 1753. Rhexia lalifolia Bush, Rhodora 13: 167. 1911. Stem rather stout, simple or branched above, square, the angles often slightly winged, more or less pubescent, i°-ij° high. Leaves ascending, ses- sile or short-petioled, ovate or ovate-oval, acute or acutish at the apex, rounded or rarely narrowed at the base, 1-2' long, 6"-l2" wide, usually with a few- scattered hairs on both surfaces, mostly 5-nerved. the margins ciliate-serrulate; flowers bright purple, cymose, short-pedicelled, I'-ii' broad; calyx-tube and pedicels glandular-pubescent; petals rounded or slightly retuse; anthers linear, curved, minutely spurred on the back. In sandy swamps. Maine to Florida, Ontario, northern New York, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana. Ascends to 2000 ft. in Pennsylvania. Handsome Harry. July-Sept. 3. Rhexia aristosa Britton. Awn-petaled Meadow-Beauty. Fig. 3011. Rhexia aristosa Britton, Bull. Torr. Gub 17; 14. pi. 99. 1890. Stem square, slender, glabrous, branched or simple iJ°-2° high. Leaves sessile, erect, ob- long or linear-oblong, obtusish at each end, 9"-i5" long, ii"-3" wide, 3-nerved, serrate toward the apex with appressed subulate teeth, glabrous or very nearly so beneath, but with a few scattered hairs above; flowers 1-4 to- gether, short-pedicelled, magenta-red, I'-ii' broad; summit of the calyx-tube and its linear lobes with scattered subulate hairs: petals rounded, but obtusely pointed and at the apex; anthers linear, minutely spurred on the back. In sandy swamps, pine-barrens of New Jersey and Delaware to South Carolina and Georgia. Base of the stem with a coating of spongy tissue when growing in water. Ju
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