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PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 127 
above, constricted at the base.. Stamina 5, inclosed in 
the tube of the corolla, unequal, anthers roundish. Style 
filiform, about the length of the tube; stigma very short, — 
trifid. Capsule obovate, shorter than the calix, with 3 
obtuse angles, and as many intermediate salient furrows, 
cells 3, seeds 3, valves 3, obcordate, carthaceous; recepta- 
cle 3-sided, margined, margins parallel to the dissepiments 
of the valves. Seed cylindric-oblong, coated with a mu- 
cilaginous, insoluble, fibrous, and tenacious integument, 
only visible after immersion in water. 
Has. Near the banks of the Missouri, about the conflu- 
ence of Shian river,and in the vicinity of the Arikaree vil- 
lage, in moist places. Flowering in June; flower violace- 
eus. It appears to be the same plant figured by Cavanil- 
les, and first discovered in Chili. I upper Louisiana, or 
above the confluence of the Platte and the Missouri, we 
no longer meet with any species of Phlox. ‘To this genus - 
' probably alse belongs. D Phine bifora of Chili, whieh is also - 
annual, but the habit ge to Diy setieryans . ia 
"Cali subcampanulate, : safer. a some- 
what rotate, 5-lobed, tube short, closed at its 
base by 5 staniiniferous valves or scales, Stiz- 
ama trifid.. Capsule 3-celled, superior. 
Herbaceous; leaves alternate, pseudo pinnate; flowers 
somewhat corymbose,* termina), blue, varying to white. 
Species, 1. P. reptans. Stem leaves 3 and 4 pair _ 
(from 7 to 9) margin-of the¢ommon petiole subciliate; pare 
tial leaves elliptic-ovate, 3-nerved, flowers nutant, capsule — 
(by abortion) mostly 3-seeded. —The:sgeds of this plant, 
after maceration, exhibit something analogous to t a 
the preceding genus, but. the mucilaginou fibres re i 
tached only to one extremity. : 
This genus appears as yet to contain but 2 genuine spe- 
cies; the other iscommon to. Kurope and Asia. > i 
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Callie 5-cleft. persistent. Corolla rotate, ar: 
campanulate, 5-lobed, plaited. nthers: partl; 
united, emiting | the pollen by 2 pores at the. 
point. Berry 2-celled, many-seeded. 
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