1188 RHINANTHACEAE 
corolla 3-4 mm. Jong. oo repens Sw.]—Pools, near the coast, George- 
town, S. C.— (W. I.) —Sum. 
HERPESTIS Gaertn. f. Creeping succulent, odorless herbs. Leaves 
opposite: blades entire, palmately 3—5-veined, obseurely glandular- punotate, cor- 
date-clasping. Flowers axillary to leaf-like bracts. Sepals 5, very dissimilar, 
the posterior one orbicular-cordate, the two lateral half-cordate; the two inner- 
most linear-lanceolate, attenuate, slightly 
shorter than the others. orolla white, 
nearly regular, campanulate: lobes shorter 
t 
s D 
tinet, peltately flattened and semi-capitate. 
NO pide -ovoid, obtuse, enclosed with- 
and horter than the persistent 
oe bus nd and loeulieidal. Seeds 
an e ellipsoid- EE finely ridged, 
wingless.—One spec 
H. JE ere poa f. Stem mueh- 
branched, dm. long, finely ibe 
especially od s blades 0.5—1.3 em. long, oval or rounded-ovate: flower 
stalks 2-8 mm. I fin a pubescent, shorter than the bracts: outer sonal: 
becoming 3—5 mm. lon ng: rolla 3—4 mm. long: capsule 2-2.5 mm. long: seeds 
dark-brown. LH. à s (Ch apm. Fl) Septilia repens (Fl SE U. $.)].— 
'epen -) 
m and sandy shores, probably tidal, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Md.—(F. I.) 
—Sum 
6. HYDROTRIDA Small. Had succulent, ial a or floating herbs, 
the roots perennial. Stems distally e Leaves opposite: blades entire or 
obscurely crenate, wit 51 lon did veins, m e with resinous dots, 
rounded, elasping at base. Flowers axillary to leaf-like bracts. Bractlets two, 
borne just beneath the calyx. Sepals 5, very dissimilar, the posterior one cor- 
date, the two lateral half- died the two innermost lanceolate-attenuate, much 
shorter than the others. Corolla blue, nearly "m 
regular, campanulate: lobes T shorter 
than the tube and all pubescent within at 
base, the posterior lobes somewhat united. 
Stamen vary surrounded by a circle 
of bristles. Stigmas distinct, lip-like. Cap- 
sule narrowly ovoid, acute, glabrous, in- 
cluded in the persistent ee septicidal and 
loculicidal. Seeds numerous, ellipsoid or 
oval, reticulate, wingless.—About 5 species, 
1. H. caroliniana (Walt.) Small. Stem and 
branches 2-6 d long, distally lanose: leaf- 
blades 1-2.5 em. lo on ovate to rd or nearly pe E ws 3—15 
mm. long, sho i r n the bracts: sepals all exceeding t inute, subulate 
braetlets, the MUR. edu 6-11 mm. long: corolla a mm. long: capsule 
