. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Gknus i. MADDER FAMILY. 253 6. Houstonia purpurea L. Large Houstonia. Venus'-pride. Fig. 3917. Houstonia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 103. 1753. Hedyotis purpurea T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 40. 1841. Oldenlandia purpurea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 173. 1856. Houstonia purpurea pubescens Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 125. 1894. Perennial, stout, erect, tufted, branched or simple,
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Gknus i. MADDER FAMILY. 253 6. Houstonia purpurea L. Large Houstonia. Venus'-pride. Fig. 3917. Houstonia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 103. 1753. Hedyotis purpurea T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 40. 1841. Oldenlandia purpurea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 173. 1856. Houstonia purpurea pubescens Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 125. 1894. Perennial, stout, erect, tufted, branched or simple, glabrous or pubescent, 4'-i8' high. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, or the lower ones short- petioled, 3-5-nerved and pinnately veined, obtuse or acute, ¥-2' long, 3"-lS" wide, the margins often ciliate; flowers in terminal cymose clusters; pedicels i"-4" long; corolla purple or lilac, funnelform, 3"-4" long, the tube at least twice as long as the lobes; capsule compressed-globose, i|" broad, somewhat didymous, its upper half free and considerably shorter than the subu- late-linear calyx-lobes. In open places, Maryland to Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, especially in the moun- tains. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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