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Elodea; in E. campanulata, the stamina are usually 9 to 
12, the capsule membranaceous, in an early state by the 
inflection of the margins of the valves 3-celled, at length 
©n opening resolving into a single cell with 3 parietal se- 
miniferous margins, the seeds are in many respects simi- 
lar to those of Dionea, and Dresera, foi. in relative = 
tuation and form. The discrepancy consists then 
pally, in the disunion of the filaments at the base, Qdly, 
in the absence of valves, and 3dly, in the central and sepa- 
rate situation of the receptacle. “he importance of the 
‘first of these objections is removed by the example of Sa- 
rethra inseparable from this order, in which there is also a 
capsule ofa single cell, many species of Hypericum have 
also separated stamina; the second and third objections ap- 
pear of considerable importance, and operate also against 
Uniting Dionea with Drosera, notwithstanding their other 
affinities and the additional one of a simple style, though 
deeply and divaricately divided, which we have found in | 
the genus Drogera.—Vhe limits of this little work will not 
be of extended discussions; and we shall now merely 
that these plants, if nut actually incorporated with 
: he HyPERIcINA, ought to form a proximate order. 
397. JUSSIEUVA. L. 
Calix 4 or 5-parted, superior, persistent. 
Petals 4 or 5, ovate. Capsule 4 or 5-celled, 4 - 
or 5-valved, oblong, cylindric or angular, ma- 
nyseeded, crowned by the calix; septa medial. 
Seeds numerous and minute attached to an an- 
gular axis. (Stamina 8or10.) _ 
Herbaceous; leaves alternate; flowers molt 4 axillary. 
Distinguished from @nethera principally by the persis- q 
tence or aha: calix, and from iadeigia:! by thie focae of the “54 
capsule and number of stamens. 
Species. 1.J. ype Herbaceous and — 
e) conspicuously UNncu:! » germ 
toe tee equal to @nothera fruticosa. 2. erecta. 
3. subacaulis, Pu. 4. *leptocarpa. Annual; erect; stem and. 
calix partly hirsute; leaves lanceolate Subglabrous atten- 
‘uated at both extremities; flowers sessile 5 or 6 petallec 
capsule slender and cylindric. Has. Qn the Missisip 
and Missauri, copious; not aquatic. Allied to J. 
 cens, but smooth except the sith, which 5 et 
on sdaolr 0 fact and irregularly leaves 
inches, attenu but sometimes obiuses os 
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