00 



TKIAKDRIA DTSVNIA. 



cereale. 



cpstivum. 



108. SECALE. Gen. pi. 127. Rye. 



1. S. glumarum ciliis scabris. Willd. sp. pi. I. p. 4/1. 

 Icon Host. gram. 2. t. 48. 

 Frequently found npparently in a wild state. ^. June. 



V. V. 



109. TRITICUM. Gen.pl. 130. Wheat. 



1. T, calycibus quadrifloris ventricosis glabtis imbricatis 

 aristatis. Jnild. sp. pi I. p. 476. 

 Icon. Host. gram. 3. t. 26. 

 In corn-fields ; introducetl from Europe. O . June. v. v. 



in. TRIGYNIA. 



no. HOLOSTEUM. Gen.pl. 136. 



:ulejilum. 1. H. foliis ellipticis carnosis, petalis subtrifidis calyce mino- 



r\m?,. — Willd. s^) pi I. p. 489, 

 Polycarpon unirtornm. JValt.fl. car 83. 

 A doubtful plant, which I never have been able to find, 



either in New York or Carolina. 



111. POLYCARPON. Gen. pi. 138. 



stipullfidnm. 1 . P. erectum ramosissimum, rarnis setaceis, foliis (radica- 

 libus) spathulatis, floribus terminalibu.s fasciculatis, 

 stipulis setaceo-multifidis Pers.ench. I. p. 111. 



Stipulicida setacea. Mich.Jl amer. I. p. 26. 



Icon. Mich. L c. t. 6. 



In barren gravelly soil of Lower Carolina. O.May, 

 June. V. s. ill Herb. Lyon. The style is so very short, 

 that it scarcely can be called monogynous. 



112. LECHEA. Gen.pl. 142. 



vwjor. 1. L, undique hirsuta ; foliis oblongo-lanceolafis mucrona- 



tis, panicula foliosa pyramidata : ramis apice floriferis, 

 floribus fasciculato-racemosis secnndis brevis^ime pe- 

 dicellatis, caule erecto. — JFilld. sp. pi. i.. p. 4g5. 



L. minor Linn<ei. Smith in encyclop. ed. nov. 



On .sandy barren soil: Canada to Florida. l/.July, 

 Aug. V. V. I have frequently observed from three to 

 nine stamina in this species, which I suppose is the 

 case with the followinsr one likewi.se. 



