114- Class XL Order IL 



DODECANDRIA. 



MONOGYNU. 

 141. PORTULACA. 



PORTULACA OLERACEA. L. Pursl(MZ, 



Leaves wedge shaped ; flowers sessile. L. 



A succulent, annual plant, common in gardens, cultivated 

 fields, and waste grounds. Stems procumbent, spreading, 

 smooth, fleshy. Leaves wedge shaped, rounded at the end, 

 fleshy, smooth, sessile. Flowers sessile, scattered, yellow. 

 Capsule opening transversely. Flowers all summer .-Annual. 



142. LYTHRUM. 

 LYTHRUM VERTICILLATUM. L. Or ass poly. 



Leaves opposite or ternate, lanceolate, petioled ; 

 flowers axillary, forming a sort of whorls. 



Stems woody at base, two feet high. Leaves opposite or in 

 threes, lanceolate, entire. Flowers on axillary, subdivided pe- 

 duncles, nearly surrounding the stem. Calyx ending in ten or 

 twelve teeth, accompanied by the same number of long stamens. 

 Petals five or six, of a fine purple, spreading, inserted on the ca- 

 lyx, short in duration. In watery places near Fresh pond. Ju- 

 ly, August. 



DIGFNM. 



143. AGRIMONIA. 

 AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA. L. Agrimony. 



Stem leaves pinnate, the odd one petioled, fruit 

 hispid. L. 



Rises to the height of two feet, with an angular, hairy stem. 

 Leaves interruptedly pinnate, hairy. Leafets ovate, serrate, all 

 sessile except the terminal one. Stipules large, semicircular, 



