444 MONADELPHiA TRiANDRiA. Phyllanthus. 



p. carolinensis. Walt. Ji. car. 228. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. 

 p. 209. , 



In gravelly soil, on the banks of rivers : Pensylvania to 

 Georgia. 0. June, July, v,v. About a span or 

 more high 3 the branches grow regularly in two rows. 



538. MELOTHRIA. Gen. pi. 68. 



pendula. 1. M, foliis subreniformibus lobato-angulosis : lobo imparl 



caeteris aequali, bacca c\ lindraceo-ovata. Mi h. Ji. 

 amer. 2. p. 217. JVlllci. sp.pl. 1 . p. 1 89. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 85./ 5. 



In sandy, v/et places, particularly on the islands of large 

 rivers : Virginia to Georgia. ©. June. t'. v. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Fruit the size of a pea, black. 



539. MOMORDICA. Gen. pi. 1477- 



echinata. 1 . M. porais tetraspermis subrotundis setoso-echinatis, fo- 



liis coidatis 5-lobo-angulatis acuminatis integerrimis 

 glabris. JVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 605. 



Sicyos lobata. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 217. 



In the western parts of the United States : On the banks 

 of the Ohio and Mississippi. ©.July. v. v. Fruit 

 the size of a gooseberry. 



540. SICYOS. Gen. pi. 1481. 



angulala. 1. S. foliis angulo obtuso cordatis 5-angularibus denticulatis 



scabris, fructibus capitatis, hispidis. — JFilld.sp.pl.A. 

 p. 625. 



Icon. Dill. ellh. t 51. J. 5g. Henn. parnd. t. 133. 



On the banks of rivers : Canada to Carolina. ©. June, 

 July. V. V. 



II. PENTANDRIA. 



541. PASSIFLORA. Gen. pi 509. 



littea. 1. P- foliis cordatis trilobis obtusis glabris, petiolis eglandu 



losis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, petalis calyc 

 duplo angustioribus. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 6l5. 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 10. t. 267. Jac(j. ic. 3. t. 6O7. 



