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Foliis cordatis, integerrimis; petiolis floriferis.
Leaves cordate, very entire; petioles bearing the flowers.
Grows in shallow streams. Petioles 2-6 inches long, slender, glabrous.
Leaves about an inch long, exactly cordate, variegated. Flowers in
lateral clusters, bursting from the petioles near the leaf. Peduncles
an inch long. Calyx dotted, persistent; segments lanceolate, acute,
entire. Corolla campanulate, membranous; border 5 cleft; segments round.
Filaments inserted into the tube of the corolla, as long as the tube.
Anthers erect, 4 celled, Nectaries 5, hairy, inserted into the tube of
the corolla, alternating with the filaments.
Found in Savannah Hunt, a small stream a little below Granby,
South-Carolina. Found near Augusta, by Dr. Wray.
Flowers July - September.
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