TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNTA. 99 
in Siberia.) 9 paniculata. 10. alternifolia. Of this genus 
‘there are 2 other species in Europe, and 2 which are com- 
mon to that continent, Asiay, and America. 
§ 1. OVARIUM SUPERIOR. 
}. Monopetalous. 
i44. CENTUNCULUS. £. (Bastard Pimper- 
nel. Chaff- weed.) 
= Calia 4-cleft. Corolla 4-lobed, tubulose; per- 
sistent, border spreading. Stamina short, na- 
ked. Capsule 1-celled, dividing hensigpher ica 
ly, many-seeded, 
Annual; leaves alternate, rarely Sbposite: flowers sole. = 
bee Se ape so sessile, or minutely pedunculate, frequently 
— and with 5 stamens. Scarcely distinct from Ana- 
gallis 
. Srecres. 1. C€. lanceslatus. (Anagallis ovalis, Flor. 
3 - Peruv vol. ii-p. 8. t. 115. £ a.) Stem irregularly angular 
3 to 5 inches high, simple, or ‘alternately branched, the _ 
lower joints often sending out roots. Leaves oval. or oval- 
lanceolate, acute at either extremity. Flowers minutely 
pedunculate, (peduncle about half a line.) Calix as well” 
as the corolla often 5 parted, segments linear and acumi- — 
nated. Corolla tubular, scarcely ever expanding, divisions 
lanceolate, acute, tube wide at the base.—In Carolina. 2. 
*minimus. Stem simple, or sometimes with a single — 
branch from near the base, obsoletely. lar. Leaves 
alternate, spathulate-ovate, acute; flowers’ nearly sessile, 
' often 5-cleft and pentandrous.—In depressed, and inun- _ 
dated situations on the margins of ponds, near Fort Man- © ~ 
ee dan on the Missouri.—Abundant. 4 to 6 inches high; flow- 
ae ering in July. Probably both these plants are mere va- 
ep = __ Pieties of the same species, which may then be considered _ 
Ps aera to Europe and both the continents i Ame. — 
: ee * Sy 
- 145, PLANTAGO. Z£. (Plantain.) : 
. Calix 4-cleft. Corolla 4-cleft; border viflects: 
= ed. Stamina mostly exserted, very long: Cap- 
-sule 2-celled, nes transversely, 
