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though not always, dichotomous. Leaves oval-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 entire. Flowers numerous, terminal. Calyx swelling, its upper 

 lip of two short, acute teeth ; lower lip twice as long, three 

 toothed. Corolla purple, with two long, slender stamens pro- 

 jecting from one side and arching over to meet the other. 

 Seeds with an indented surface. In sandy pastures and hills. 

 August. Annual. 



252. PHRYMA. 



PHRYMA LEPTOSTACHYA. L* Lopseed. 



Leaves ovate, toothed, petioled ; spikes terminal, 

 slender ; flowers opposite. 



Remarkable for its slender spikes of reflexed fruit. Stem two 

 or three feet high. Leaves large, ovate, acute, largely toothed. 

 Spikes virgated, on long slender stalks. Flowers small, oppo- 

 site, nearly sessile, purplish. Upper lip of the calyx with three 

 very long, subulate teeth with the tips at length reflexed. In 

 fruit the calyx shuts up and bends backward into close contact 

 with the peduncle. Chelsea beach island. July. Perennial. 



J1NG1OSPERM1J1. 



253. LINN^A. 



LlNN^A BOREALIS. LlMMEd. 



Stem prostrate ; flowering branches erect, two flow- 

 ered ; leaves roundish, crenate. 



Stem creeping, woody, with a brownish, pubescent bark, giv- 

 ing off roots and branches at regular intervals. Leaves opposite, 

 petioled, hairy with a glabrous appearance, suborbicular, acute 

 at base, with about five obtuse teeth Peduncles filiform, cov- 

 ered with very minute, glandular hairs, two flowered. Bractes 

 two, linear, opposite. Flowers very fragrant, drooping, with 

 two calyxes, one inferior, four leaved, two of the leaves mi- 

 nute ; the other superior, five parted. Corolla campanulate, 

 five cleft, red, tinged with white, the inside red and hairy. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla. Style declined. 



This interesting and delicate plant is common to the northern 

 parts of both hemispheres. Woods, Lynn. Often met with in 

 New Hampshire and Vermont. June. 

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