44S DECANDRIA„ DIGYNIA. diantiius 



Spec. II. p. 673, Smith Fl. Brit. 1. p. 460. Eng. Bot. 



t. 317. Pursh Fl.\.^.Z\^. Big. BosLi^.lOB. 



Root annualo Stem about a foot hJgh, pubescent, branched above- 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite and connate, acute, some- 

 what pubescent; the inferior ones spathulate. Flowers in ter- 

 minal crowded clusters, inodorous. CaUjx slender, with 4 

 scales at the base. Petals red, with white dots; limb ellipti- 

 cal, crenaie on the margin. 

 Hab. In sandy fields and pine woods. New-Jersey, near 

 Cooper's-Ferry. P ur s h. On rocky hills in Roxbury and 

 Salem, near Boston. Bigelonu. Banks of the Connecti- 

 cut, below Northampton. Porte To July. Probably intro- 

 duced from Europe. 



301. SCLERANTHUS. L. 

 Calyx 1 -leaved, 5 -cleft. Corolla 0. Stamens in- 

 serted into the calyx. Capsule 1-seeded, covered by 

 the calyx. Gen. pi. 767. Nu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 286, 

 Ju 5 ^. p. 314. La m. III. t. 374. Five of the sta- 

 mens sometimes abortive or wanting. KnaweL 

 S. annum L.: calyx of the fruit spreading, acute ; stem 

 spreading. Smith Fl. Brit. II. p. 458. iVilld. Spec. 

 II. p. 660. Eng. Bot. t. 351, Pursh FL L i^. 315. 

 Big. Bost. p. 107. 



Root annual. Stems numerous, procumbent, dichotomously 

 branched, somewhat pubescent. Leaves opposite, subulate, 

 carinate, scarious and dilated at the base. Flowers in axillary 

 leafy fascicles. Calyx urceolate, green ; segments lanceolate, 

 with the border white and membranaceous, at first spreading, 

 but when in fruit erect. Stamens often but 5, shorter than th© 

 calyx. 

 TlfcB. In sandy fields ; common. July. Introduced^ 



ORDER III. 

 T R I G Y N I A 



302. CUCUBALUS. 304^ STELLARli- 



303. SiLENE. 305. Arbnakia. 



303. CUCUBALUS. L. 

 Cahjx i-leaved, inflated, 5-toothed. Petals 5, un- 

 giiiciilate, naked at the orifice. Capsule 3 -celled. 



