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* LIMNANTHES Douglásii. 
Douglas Limnanthes. 
nab 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LuMNANTHE&E. R. Brown in Lond. and Edin. Phil, Mag, 
July, 1833. Lindley Nixus Plantarum, p. 11, No. 31. 
LIMNANTHES, R.Br. Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina 10. 
Nucule 5.—Herba annua, carnosa, glaberrima (Californica); floribus con- 
spicuis. 
L. Douglasii; R. Br. l.c. Bentham in Hort. Trans. vol. 1, n. s. p. 409. 
Annua, pallide viridis, succulenta, glabra. Caules spithamai, teretes, 
ramosi, in planta culta prostrati v. saltem decumbentes, in. spontanea erecti. 
Folia alterna, exstipulata ; petiolo tereti, suprà sulcato, patente ; laminá tri- 
Soliolatd v. pinnatá, 2-3-jugd cum impari ; foliolis lineari-ovatis integerrimis 
v. inequaliter 2-3-lobis v. 2-3-partitis. Flores Jragrantes, 3 pollicis lati, 
axillares, solitarii, lax racemosi, pedunculis filiformibus, ascendentibus 
ebracteolatis foliis longioribus. Calyx basi subcarnosus, 5-partitus, equa- 
lis; laciniis ovatis acutis corolla brevioribus, quinqueveniis ; venis laterali- 
bus intramarginalibus simplicibus apice sepali cum intermedio confluéntibus ; 
estivatione valvatá. Petala 5, subperigyna, cuneata, retusa, lutescentia limbo 
albo, subsimpliciter venosa, estivatione convoluta. Stamina 10, subperi- 
gyna ; quorum 5 petalis opposita breviora sunt filamentis basi planiusculis, 
9 sepalis opposita filamentis basi extus gibbosis: Anthere oblonga, bilocu- 
lares, supra medium affize, versatiles, introrse, (in icone extrorse incuriá 
pictoris) longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, omnino disjuncta, sepalis 
tdeoque filamentis gibbosis opposita. Stylus filiformis, laciniis 5 erectis te- 
retibus stigmata tot minuta capitata gerentibus. Fructus calyce petalisque 
persistentibus induviatus, constans e nuculis 5 baccatis discoloribus rugosis 
monospermis. Semen erectum. Embryo exalbuminosus, cotyledonibus car- 
nosis plano-convexis, radiculá inferd. 
A neat little annual, with flowers of a delicate yellow 
colour, bordered with white, and slightly but most agree- 
ably fragrant. It is rather succulent in all its parts, is quite 
destitute of hairs, and has all the appearance of being a 
native of the sides of rivulets or of moist and shady places. 
= Apparently from Mm a lake, and ay$og a flower, in allusion to the sup- 
posed habits of the only species. 
