21*5 FENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, hottonia- 



globose. Capsule 1 -celled, globose, acuminate. Geiu 

 pi 265. Nutt. Gen. I. 120. Juss. p. 95. Lam. 

 ///. t. C. jRoem. b' Schult, (Jen, 664.. Nat. Ord. 

 L Ysi M A c H i^ Ju s s. Water-feather, 



H. injlala L. : scape articulafc, with the internodes and' 

 lower part inflated ; flowers verticillate, pedunculate. E l- 

 liott SA', 1. p. 231. JVuft. Gen. 1. 120. H. palustris 

 Pnrsh Fl. I. p. 1 20. M u h L Cat. p. 1 9. 



Root perennial. Stem thick, spongy, p;enerally submersed. 

 Leaves long, irregulaiJy crowded, beautifully pectinate. From 

 the summit of the stem arise several (^6—10) naked flower- 



. stalks or scapes. Scatics\o\u\.e,i\ towards the summit, the space 

 between the joints, but particularly the space below the flowers, 

 inflatetl. Flom'ern verticillate, generally four in each whorl. 

 Pidunclcs ne^u'ly half an inch long. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla white, apparently ?hort^r than the calyx. Cafimle glo- 

 bose. Elliott. 



Hab. In stagnant waters of New- Jersey. Pursh. Near 

 New-Haven, Connecticut. Ives, In Pennsylvania. Muh- 

 lenberg, 



H7. SAMOLUS. L 



Calyx 5-cleft, half superior. Corolla hypocrateri-- 

 form, 5-lobed, with 5 intermediate scales, (sterile sta- 

 mens, R. Brow n.J Capsule half inferior, 1-celled, 

 5-toothed, many-seeded ; receptacle unconnected. Gen^ 

 pi. 294. R. Brown Prod, I. p. 428»- ^V?^ 1 1, Gen. 

 J. p. 121. Juss. ^.91. Lam. III. t.CL Roem, 

 ^o^ S'chult. Gen,' 852. Nat. Ord. Lysimachi.e 

 Juss.-\ Brook-weed or fFater PimperneL 



S. Vakrandi L. : ^tem erect ; leaves obovate ; racemes 

 elfMigaled, loose, many-flowered. iVilld. Spec. I. p. 1)27. 

 S7nit h FL Bni. 1. p. 259. Fn^. Bot. t. 70S. M i c h. Fl. 

 l.p. 109. Pwrs/t J/. I. p. 15». Elliott Sk.\.^.<2Q^. 

 Walt, Car. p. 100. R o em. (^ ScAwH. V. p. 1. 



Boot perennial. Stem about a span high, terete, smooth, slender. 

 JLfflX'f's somewhat fleshy, an inch long, smooth, very obtuse, en- 

 lire, tapering at the base into a petiole. Pedicels with a-mi- 

 nute bract near the nviddle. Flowers minute, white. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx ovate, acute. Corolla as long again as' the 



i According to R. Brown, Samoxcs differs from Phimclace^ CJ^!/si' 

 viachia Juss- J in havmg Uie capsule with its base, at least", inferior, m 

 the seeds umbvlicated near eiich extremity, and in the 5 sterile stameus^. 



