146 VENTANDRIA. MONOGYNiIA, 
thers at first cohering. Capsule superior, 5- 
valved, elastic. — } 
*Tender and herbaceous plants with succulent stems; 
leaves alternate or rarely opposite, without stipules; pe- 
duncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. 
Species. 1. I * pallida, peduncles solitary, 5 or 4-flower- 
ed; lepanthium (petaloid nectary) obtusely conic, dilated, 
shorter than the petals; spur recurved, very short; flower 
citron yellow, sparingly punctate; leaf rhombic-ovate, 
_Mucronulately toothed. _ 
. £. Noiitangere. Pursh. Flor. Am. 1. p. 171. ; 
Ozs. Stem tall and much branched, tumid at the joints, 
~  diaphanous. Leaves of an uniform green, rather acute, 
__ lower ones upon longish petioles; Racemes from 3 to 5- 
flowered; bractes ovate-acuminate. Leaves of the calix 
roundish, dilated. Petals 4, including the lepanthium; 
_ eptive. I. Nolitangere, B. Mich. 2. p. 149. which spe- 
_ Cies it more nearly res2mbles than the preceding. 
_ Ons. Plant. glaucous, and diaphanous, smaller than J. 
pallida, which it, however, closely resembles, excluding 
the specific character. Capsule 5-angled, 3 to 5-seeded, 
‘Seed subprismatic with 4 angles. Cotyledones flat, cari- 
_ hate, cupreous green. Perisperm none. Has. Extremely 
common on the alluvions of streams. _ = 
This species is sometimes used for dying Salmon-red. 
The other species of this genus, with the exception _ 
of E Nolitangere of Burope, ave indigenous to China, — 
India, and the Cape of Gooc Hope. : * 
