182 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNTA. isnardia. 



p. 333. Lam, III t. LXXVII. f. 2. Nat. Ord. 

 Onagr/e /z/^^.f (olim Salicariae.) 



I. palustris L. : creeping and shining ; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate, petiolate; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile; 

 capsule subovate, slightly angled. Willd. Spec. 1. p. 680. 

 B i g. Bast. p. 40. Rocm. ^ Schul t. II. p. 476. LuD- 

 wiGiA nitida M ich. Fl. I. p. 87. Pursh FL I. p. 111. 

 L. palustris Elliott Sk. I. p. 2 1 1 . L. apelala JV alt. Car. 

 p. 89. 



i?oor fibrous, perennial, (annual, L,, Pursh, &c.) Plant 

 swimming, or creeping on wet ground, succulent, branching. 

 Leaves smooth, shining. Flowers very small, solitary, with 2 

 bracts at the base. Segments of the calyx ovate, acuminate, 

 shorter than the germen. Corolla 0, (with rudiments of pe- 

 tals, P ursh.) Stamens shorter than the calyx ; anthers sub- 

 rotund. Style short ; stigma capitate. Cafisule crowned with 

 the persistent calyx, many-seeded. 



IIab. In stagnant waters, ditches, 8tc. June. 



J 16. PLANTAGO. L. 



C«/?/x 4-cleft. Coro//a 4-cleft; limb reflected. Sta- 

 mens mostly exserted, very long. Capsule 2-celled, 

 opening all round transversely. Geii, pL 186. Nutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 99. Ju s s. p. 90. Lam. III. t. LXXX V. 

 f. 3. Nat. Ord. Plantagines/w^^. Plantain. 



1 . P. cordala L a m. : leaves ovate, cordate, very broad, 

 subdentate, smooth; spike very long ; flowers subimbricated ; 

 the inferior ones scattered; bracts ovate, obtuse. Lam, 

 Enc. V. p. 369. ///. p. 338. J acq. Eclog. fasc. VIII. p. 

 1 06. t. 72. (tide R. <^ S.) Pursh Fl. I. p. 98. Muhl. 

 Caf. p. 15. i^ocm. (^ Sc Am//. 111. p. 114. P. kentucken- 

 sis Mick. Fl. I. p. 94. 



Roots perennial. Leaves about 6 inches long, 3 — 4 broad, very 

 smooth, membranaceous, generally cordate at the base, ob- 

 tuse ; margin obscurely toothed ; petioles longer than the 

 leaves. Sca/ie often a foot and a half high, smooth ; flowers 

 occupying the upper half, rather conglomerate than imbricate. 

 Bracts generally obtuse, shorter than the flowers. Segments 

 of the calyx ovate, very obtuse. Segments of the corolla obo- 

 vate. Stamens with long slendtr ^laments j anthers didymous, 

 compressed. Style short, straight ; stigtna pubescent. Ca/i- 



t Annal. du Mus. II. p« 473. 



