3i8 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, sabeatuv 



Hab. In salt marshes ; common near New-York, and on th© 

 sea-coast of Long-Island and New- Jersey. August. 



3. S. angularis Ph. : stem quadrangular, somewhat wing- 

 ed; leaves ovate, ampiexicaul ; peduncles elongated, corynrib- 

 ed' segments ot the calyx lanceolate, much shorter than the 

 corolla! Pursh FL I. p^ 137. Elliott S^. I. p. 285o 

 Roem. ^ Schiilt. IV, p- 174. Chironi'a angularis L 

 W il Id. Sped. i>. 1067, M ich. FL I ip. 146. Walt. 

 Car. p. 95. 



Jioot annual and biennial. Siem straight, erect, about a foot high, 

 branched ; branches opposite. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 closely embracing the stem, obtuse, indistinctly 5-nerved. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, less than half the length of the corolla ; seg- 

 ments somewhat carinate. Corolla rose-coloured ; segments 

 obovate, obtuse. 

 Hab. In moibt meadows, among high grass; common. Au- 

 „ygj^ American Ce7itaury. 



4. S, calijcosa Ph. • stem erect, few-flowered ; leaves 

 oblong; flowers solitary, 7 — 9-parted ; calyx foliaceous, longer 

 than the corolla. Pursh F/. I. p. 1 38. Elliott Sk. I. 

 p. 185. R em. i- S c hu It. lY. T^. 114. Chironia caZ?/- 

 cosa Mich, FL 1. p. 147. C. dicholoma IV a It. Car, p. 95. 



Root biennial ? Stem a foot high, very leafy, with few spreading; 

 branches. Leaves an inch and a half long, sessile, rather 

 acute, distinctly 5-nerved. Flowers terminating the branches. 

 Calyx generally ^-parted, a little longer than the corolla; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, very acute. Corolla rose-coloured; seg- 

 ments subspathulate. 



Hab. In wet meadows ; Nev;-York to Carolina. Purs h. In 

 Maryland. Muhlenberg. 



I suspect this plant has not been found so far north as stated 

 by Pur s h. My specimens are from Georgia. 



5. S. chloroides Ph. : stem weak ; leaves lanceolate, 

 erect; branches few, 1 -flowered; flowers 7 — 12-parted ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx linear, shorter than the corolla. Pursh 

 FL I. p. 138, Elliott Sk. I. p. 286. R o em. ^ S chul t. 

 IV. p. 174. Chironia chloroides Mich. F/. I. p. 147. C. 

 dodecandra Walt. Car. p. 95. Chlora dodecandra Li Sysl.' 

 Feg. p. 299. W Hid, Spec. n.^.SU. 



Root biennial. !^tem erect, 2 — 3 feet high, slightly angular 

 Leaves closely sessile, and a little clasping at the base, acute, 

 without nerves. Flowers solitary, terminal. Calyx generally 

 about 9-parted ; segments linear, very acute, half the length 

 of the corolla. Corolla bright rose-coloured, about 2 inches 

 in diameter; segments obovate-lanceolatc. 



Hab. In brackish bog-meadows. Common about Newark and 



