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 . llinois to Kansas, Texas, Tennesseeand Florida. May-July. Star-violet. Venus-pride. 2. OLDENLANDIA [Plnmier] L. Sp. PI. 119. 1753. Erect or diffuse slender herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary or terminal soli-tary or clustered, white or pink flowers. Calyx-tube obovoid or subglobose, the limb rotate or salverform, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inserted on t
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 . llinois to Kansas, Texas, Tennesseeand Florida. May-July. Star-violet. Venus-pride. 2. OLDENLANDIA [Plnmier] L. Sp. PI. 119. 1753. Erect or diffuse slender herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary or terminal soli-tary or clustered, white or pink flowers. Calyx-tube obovoid or subglobose, the limb rotate or salverform, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inserted on the throat of the corolla;anthers oblong. Ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity; style slender, small, ovoid, top-shaped, or hemispheric, wholly adnate to the calyx-tube, loculicidallydehiscent at the summit, several or many-seeded. Seeds angular, not peltate; endospermfleshy; embryo club-shaped. [Named for H. B. Oldenland, a Danish botanist.] About 17s species, mostly of tropical distribution, most abundant in Asia. Besides the follow-ing, 2 others occur in the Southern States and i in New Mexico. Type species: Oldenlandiacorymbosa L. I. Oldenlandia uniflora L. Clustered Oldenlandia uniflora L. Sp. PI. 119. glomerata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 83. 1803. Annual, weak, usually tufted, more or less hirsute-pubescent, diffuse or ascending; stems I-is long. Leavesshort-petioled or sessile, mostly thin, entire, 3-5-nerved,ovate, oblong, or oval, acute at the apex, narrowed at thebase, i-i long; flowers sessile or nearly so, white, abouti broad, terminal and axillary, clustered or solitary;calyx hirsute, hemispheric in fruit, the ovate or oval lobeserect and nearly equalling the tube. In low grounds, southern New York to Florida and Texas,north to Arkansas and reported from Missouri. Also in Cubaand Jamaica. June-Sept. Genus 3. MADDER FAMILY. 255 3. CEPHALANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 95. 1753. Shrubs, or small trees, with opposite or vert
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