. 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. 252 RUBIACEAE. Vol. III. 3. Houstonia patens Small Bluets. Fig. 3914. Houstonia Linnaei var. minor Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 35. 1803. H. patens Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 191. 1821. Houstonia minor Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 302. 1894. Annual, glabrous or nearly so, branched from the base, i'-6' high. Lower and basal leaves oval or ovate, 5"-6"
. 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. 252 RUBIACEAE. Vol. III. 3. Houstonia patens Small Bluets. Fig. 3914. Houstonia Linnaei var. minor Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 35. 1803. H. patens Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 191. 1821. Houstonia minor Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 302. 1894. Annual, glabrous or nearly so, branched from the base, i'-6' high. Lower and basal leaves oval or ovate, 5"-6" long, narrowed into petioles often of their own length, the upper narrower and sessile; peduncles ax- illary and terminal, erect-divergent, 3"-i8" long, i-flowered; corolla violet-blue or pur- ple, 3"-4" broad, its tube about equalling the lobes or somewhat longer; capsule com- pressed, didymous, 2V-3" broad, its upper part free from the calyx and about equal- ling or exceeding the subulate lobes. In dry soil, Virginia to Florida, Illinois, Arkansas and Texas. March-April. Star- violet (Texas). 4. Houstonia minima Beck. Fig. 3915- Least Bluets. Houstonia minima Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 10: 262. 1826. Hedyotis minima T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 38. 1841. Oldenlandia minima A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 173. 1856. Annual, spreading or diffuse, l'-zi' high, roughish. Lower and basal leaves oval or ovate, with petioles shorter than or equalling the blade, the upper oblong, sessile; peduncles axil- lary and terminal, rather stout, 3"-l2" long; flowers 4"-S" broad; corolla violet or purple, the tube about as long as the lobes; capsule didymous, compressed, about 3" broad, its upper part free from the calyx and considerably exceeded by the lanceolate foliaceous lobes. In dry soil, Illinois to Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhance
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