Melochia corchorifolia L.

$. C. Wurzlow, Cttrk
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Ex*Officio Recorder and Notary Public
C. A. Celestin, Chief Deputy Clerk
AI*IsH of TERfcßB°^
... Houma, La.w^ì**3:i/,191ì
Dr. J.K. Small,	/
: New- Xo^fc City,	r
Dear Sir:-	plant
I am going to trouble you with anotner specimen fa®- identifica-
tion, which seems to be Kiedlea corchorifolia (L.) D.C. p.780 of your
Southern i>'lora. This plant is quite common .dn and about Houma in culti-
vated. land and waste places, preferably low-moist places* I have found
'?>it also north of Lake Pontchartrain in the Parish of 8t«Tammany in
low sandy soil, cultivated and waste .grounds. The plants 1 send you are
green; I have not a drypspecimen at present, and are small. Plant reaches
about 3 l/2 feet high/ often’bxancheé from bottom, branches often decum-
bent or reclining «in larger plaits.
Referring to the smaller flowered aster sent you lately,
a very marked pharàèieriptà&i of. - tMan^lant, is ,-that tbguldgules fceflex
and become revolute at night, coiling up tfghtly, opening abfcut sunrise.
I believe 1 did not mention the fa<ftktthat while;immósticases the stems
are weak some stems are rigid and shriibby likes but require support to
stay erect.
Again thanking you, for favors, I am,
Yours very truly
OARO^>
HERBARIUM OF JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
EXAMINED FOR VASCULAR FLORA OF
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Melochia corchorifolia L.
>R.D.WHETSTON^
HERBARIUM OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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